Iowa Code § 476.1B
Applicability of authority — municipally owned utilities
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Current — January 1, 2026
As of January 1, 2012
1. Unless otherwise specifically provided by statute, a municipally owned utility furnishing gas or electricity is not subject to regulation by the board under this chapter, except for regulatory action pertaining to:
1. A municipally owned utility furnishing gas or electricity is not subject to the regulation authority of the commission, except for regulatory action pertaining to the following:
a. Assessment of fees for the support of the division and the office of consumer advocate, as set forth in section 476.10.
a. Assessment of fees for the support of the commission and the office of consumer advocate, as set forth in section 476.10.
b. Safety standards.
b. Safety standards.
c. Assigned areas of service, as set forth in sections 476.22 through 476.26.
c. Assigned areas of service, as set forth in sections 476.22 through 476.26.
d. Enforcement of civil penalties pursuant to section 476.51.
d. Public utility railroad crossings, as set forth in section 476.27.
f. Discrimination against users of renewable energy resources, as set forth in section 476.21.
g. Encouragement of alternate energy production facilities, as set forth in sections 476.41 through 476.45.
h. Enforcement of section 476.56.
i. Enforcement of section 476.66.
j. Enforcement of section 476.62.
k. Assessment of fees for the support of the Iowa energy center created in section 266.39C and the center for global and regional environmental research created by the state board of regents.
l. Filing energy efficiency plans and energy efficiency results with the board. The energy efficiency plans as a whole shall be cost-effective. The board may permit these utilities to file joint plans. The board shall periodically report the energy efficiency results including energy savings of each of these utilities to the general assembly.
e. An electric power agency as defined in chapter 28F and section 390.9 that includes as a member a city or municipally owned utility that builds transmission facilities after July 1, 2001, is subject to applicable transmission reliability rules or standards adopted by the commission for those facilities.
f. Filing alternate energy purchase program plans with the commission, and offering such programs to customers, pursuant to section 476.47.
2. The board may waive all or part of the energy efficiency filing and review requirements for municipally owned utilities which demonstrate superior results with existing energy efficiency efforts.
2. Section 476.20, subsections 1 through 4, sections 476.51, 476.56, 476.58, 476.62, and 476.66 and chapters 476A and 478, to the extent applicable, apply to such electric and gas utilities.
3. Unless otherwise specifically provided by statute, a municipally owned utility providing local exchange services is not subject to regulation by the board under this chapter except for regulatory action pertaining to the enforcement of sections 476.11, 476.29, 476.95, 476.96, 476.100, 476.101, and 476.102.
3. A municipally owned utility providing local exchange services is not subject to the regulation authority of the commission except for regulatory action pertaining to the enforcement of sections 476.10, 476.95, 476.95A, 476.95B, 476.100, 476.102, and 476.103.
4. An electric utility subject to regulatory action pursuant to this section is subject to complaints and investigations as set forth in section 476.3, but only with regard to matters within the regulatory authority of the commission as set forth in subsections 1 and 2.
86 Acts, ch 1162, §1; 88 Acts, ch 1174, §2; 88 Acts, ch 1175, §2; 89 Acts, ch 297, §10; 90 Acts, ch 1252, §20; 96 Acts, ch 1196, §4, 5; 97 Acts, ch 81, §1, 2, 6; 99 Acts, ch 63, §7, 8; 2001 Acts, 1st Ex, ch 4, §9, 36; 2008 Acts, ch 1133, §3, 9; 2010 Acts, ch 1018, §6
86 Acts, ch 1162, §1; 88 Acts, ch 1174, §2; 88 Acts, ch 1175, §2; 89 Acts, ch 297, §10; 90 Acts, ch 1252, §20; 96 Acts, ch 1196, §4, 5; 97 Acts, ch 81, §1, 2, 6; 99 Acts, ch 63, §7, 8
Referred to in
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; 2008 Acts, ch 1133, §3, 9; 2010 Acts, ch 1018, §6; 2017 Acts, ch 62, §4; 2017 Acts, ch 169, §37, 49; 2018 Acts, ch 1135, §5; 2018 Acts, ch 1160, §5; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §2672; 2023 Acts, ch 51, §2; 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §369
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