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IA Code § 476.47 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 476 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION|Section 476.47 - Alternate energy purchase programs.

476.47 Alternate energy purchase programs.   1. Beginning January 1, 2004, an electric utility, whether or not rate-regulated under this chapter, shall offer an alternate energy purchase program to customers, based on energy produced by alternate energy production facilities in Iowa.   2. The board shall require electric utilities to file plans for alternate energy purchase programs offered pursuant to this section.   a. Rate-regulated electric utilities shall file plans for alternate energy purchase programs that allow customers to contribute voluntarily to the development of alternate energy in Iowa, and shall file tariffs as required by the board by rule.   b. Electric utilities that are not rate-regulated shall offer alternate energy purchase programs at rates determined by their governing authority, and shall file tariffs with the board for informational purposes only.   3. The electric utility shall notify consumers of its alternate energy purchase program and any proposed modifications to such program at least sixty days prior to implementation of the program or any modification.   4. For purposes of this section, an electric utility may base its program on energy produced by alternate energy production facilities located outside of Iowa under any of the following circumstances:   a. The energy is purchased by the electric utility pursuant to a contract in effect prior to July 1, 2001, and continues until the expiration of the contract, including any options to renew that are exercised by the electric utility.   b. The electric utility has a financial interest, as of July 1, 2001, in the alternate energy production facility that is located outside of Iowa, or in an entity that has a financial interest in an alternate energy production facility located outside of Iowa.   c. The energy is purchased by an electric utility that is not rate-regulated and that is required to purchase all of its electric power requirements from a single supplier that is physically located outside of Iowa.   5. This section shall not apply to non-rate-regulated electric utilities physically located outside of Iowa that serve Iowa customers.   6. Any consumer-owned utility may apply to the board for a waiver under this section, and the board, for good cause, may grant the waiver.  2001 Acts, 1st Ex, ch 4, §11, 36  Referred to in §476.1A, 476.1B, 476.49
IA Code § 476.51 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 476 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION|Section 476.51 - Civil penalty.

476.51 Civil penalty.   1. A public utility which, after written notice by the board of a specific violation, violates the same provision of this chapter, the same rule adopted by the board, or the same provision of an order lawfully issued by the board, is subject to a civil penalty, which may be levied by the board, of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than two thousand five hundred dollars per violation.   2. A public utility which willfully, after written notice by the board of a specific violation, violates the same provision of this chapter, the same rule adopted by the board, or the same provision of an order lawfully issued by the board, is subject to a civil penalty, which may be levied by the board, of not less than one thousand dollars nor more than ten thousand dollars per violation. For the purposes of this section, “willful” means knowing and deliberate, with a specific intent to violate.   3. Each violation is a separate offense. In the case of a continuing violation, each day a violation continues, after the time specified for compliance in the written notice by the board, is a separate and distinct offense. Any civil penalty may be compromised by the board. In determining the amount of the penalty, or the amount agreed upon in a compromise, the board may consider the appropriateness of the penalty in relation to the size of the public utility, the gravity of the violation, and the good faith of the public utility in attempting to achieve compliance following notification of a violation, and any other relevant factors.   4. The written notice given by the board to a public utility under this section shall specify an appropriate time for compliance.   5. Civil penalties collected pursuant to this section from utilities providing water, electric, or gas service shall be forwarded by the chief operating officer of the board to the treasurer of state to be credited to the general fund of the state and to be used only for the low income home energy assistance program and the weatherization assistance program administered by the division of community action agencies of the department of human rights. Civil penalties collected pursuant to this section from utilities providing telecommunications service shall be forwarded to the treasurer of state to be credited to the department of commerce revolving fund created in section 546.12 to be used only for consumer education programs administered by the board. Penalties paid by a rate-regulated public utility pursuant to this section shall be excluded from the utility’s costs when determining the utility’s revenue requirement, and shall not be included either directly or indirectly in the utility’s rates or charges to customers.  83 Acts, ch 127, §34; 88 Acts, ch 1134, §92; 91 Acts, ch 260, §1238; 92 Acts, ch 1084, §1; 94 Acts, ch 1107, §81; 2003 Acts, ch 126, §4; 2009 Acts, ch 181, §48; 2018 Acts, ch 1160, §14  Referred to in §476.1A, 476.1B, 476.1C, 476.2, 476.20, 476.95A, 476.103
IA Code § 476.52 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 476 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION|Section 476.52 - Management efficiency.

476.52 Management efficiency.   1. It is the policy of this state that a public utility shall operate in an efficient manner.   2. If the board determines in the course of a proceeding conducted under section 476.3 or 476.6 that a utility is operating in an inefficient manner, or is not exercising ordinary, prudent management, or in comparison with other utilities in the state the board determines that the utility is performing in a less beneficial manner than other utilities, the board may reduce the level of profit or adjust the revenue requirement for the utility to the extent the board believes appropriate to provide incentives to the utility to correct its inefficient operation.   3. If the board determines in the course of a proceeding conducted under section 476.3 or 476.6 that a utility is operating in such an extraordinarily efficient manner that tangible financial benefits result to the ratepayer, the board may increase the level of profit or adjust the revenue requirement for the utility.   4. In making its determination under this section, the board may also consider a public utility’s pursuit of energy efficiency programs. The board shall adopt rules for determining the level of profit or the revenue requirement adjustment that would be appropriate. The board shall also adopt rules establishing a methodology for an analysis of a utility’s management efficiency.  83 Acts, ch 127, §35; 89 Acts, ch 297, §11; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §99
IA Code § 476.53A (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 476 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION|Section 476.53A - Renewable electric power generation.

476.53A Renewable electric power generation.   It is the intent of the general assembly to encourage the development of renewable electric power generation. It is also the intent of the general assembly to encourage the use of renewable power to meet local electric needs and the development of transmission capacity to export wind power generated in Iowa.  2011 Acts, ch 115, §1
IA Code § 476.54 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 476 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION|Section 476.54 - Delayed payment charges.

476.54 Delayed payment charges.   A public utility shall not apply delayed payment charges on a customer’s account if the scheduled payment was made by the customer within twenty days from the date the billing was sent to the customer. Delayed payment charges on a customer’s account shall not exceed one and one-half percent per month of the past-due amount. This section shall not apply to telecommunications service providers registered pursuant to section 476.95A.  83 Acts, ch 127, §37; 2018 Acts, ch 1160, §16
IA Code § 476.55 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 476 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION|Section 476.55 - Complaint of antitrust activities.

476.55 Complaint of antitrust activities.   1. An application for new or changed rates, charges, schedules, or regulations filed under this chapter, or an application for a certificate or an amendment to a certificate submitted under chapter 476A, by an electric transmission line utility or a gas pipeline utility or a subsidiary of either shall not be approved by the board if, upon complaint by an Iowa electric or gas utility, the board finds activities which create or maintain a situation inconsistent with antitrust laws and the policies which underlie them. The board may grant the rate or facility certification request once it determines that those activities which led to the antitrust complaint have been eliminated. However, this subsection does not apply to an application for new or changed rates, charges, schedules, or regulations after the expiration of the ten-month limitation and applicable extensions.   2. a. Notwithstanding section 476.1D, the board may receive a complaint from a local exchange carrier that another local exchange carrier has engaged in an activity that is inconsistent with antitrust laws and the policies which underlie them. For purposes of this subsection, “local exchange carrier” means the same as defined in section 476.96, Code 2017, and includes a city utility authorized pursuant to section 388.2 to provide local exchange services. If, after notice and opportunity for hearing, the board finds that a local exchange carrier has engaged in an activity that is inconsistent with antitrust laws and the policies which underlie them, the board may order any of the following:   (1) The local exchange carrier to adjust retail rates in an amount sufficient to correct the antitrust activity.   (2) The local exchange carrier to pay any costs incurred by the complainant for the pursuit of the complaint.   (3) The local exchange carrier to pay a civil penalty.   (4) Either the local exchange carrier or the complainant to pay the costs of the complaint proceeding before the board, and the other party’s reasonable attorney fees.   b. This subsection shall not be construed to modify, restrict, or limit the right of a person to bring a complaint under any other provision of this chapter.  83 Acts, ch 127, §38; 2005 Acts, ch 9, §2; 2011 Acts, ch 25, §143; 2020 Acts, ch 1063, §265  Subsection 2, paragraph a, unnumbered paragraph 1 amended
IA Code § 476.56 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 476 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION|Section 476.56 - Energy costs provided.

476.56 Energy costs provided.   A gas or electric public utility shall provide, upon the request of a person who states in writing that the person is an owner of real property, or an interested prospective purchaser or renter of the property, which is or has been receiving gas or electric service from the public utility, the annual gas or electric energy costs for the property.  88 Acts, ch 1174, §3  Referred to in §476.1A, 476.1B
IA Code § 476.57 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 476 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION|Section 476.57 - Limitations on use of ADAD equipment — penalty.

476.57 Limitations on use of ADAD equipment — penalty. Repealed by 2018 Acts, ch 1160, §32.
IA Code § 476.62 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 476 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION|Section 476.62 - Energy-efficient lighting required.

476.62 Energy-efficient lighting required.   All public utility-owned exterior flood lighting, including but not limited to street and security lighting, shall be replaced when worn-out exclusively with high pressure sodium lighting or lighting with equivalent or better energy efficiency as approved in rules adopted by the board.  89 Acts, ch 297, §12  Referred to in §474.5, 476.1A, 476.1B
IA Code § 476.63 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 476 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION|Section 476.63 - Energy efficiency programs.

476.63 Energy efficiency programs.   The division shall consult with the economic development authority in the development and implementation of public utility energy efficiency programs.  89 Acts, ch 297, §13; 90 Acts, ch 1252, §39; 2009 Acts, ch 108, §39, 41; 2011 Acts, ch 118, §50, 89
IA Code § 476.65 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 476 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION|Section 476.65 - Energy audits.

476.65 Energy audits. Repealed by 96 Acts, ch 1196, §14.
IA Code § 476.66 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 476 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION|Section 476.66 - Customer contribution fund.

476.66 Customer contribution fund.   1. The utilities board shall adopt rules which shall require each electric and gas public utility to establish a fund whose purposes shall include the receiving of contributions to assist the utility’s low-income customers with weatherization measures to improve energy efficiency related to winter heating and summer cooling, and to supplement the energy assistance received under the federal low-income home energy assistance program for the payment of winter heating electric or gas utility bills.   2. The rules shall require each utility to periodically notify its customers of the availability and purpose of the fund and to provide them with forms on which they can authorize the utility to bill their contribution to the fund on a monthly basis.   3. The rules shall permit the fund to accept matching funds from persons or organizations who wish to provide assistance for customers of the utility.   4. The utility may be reimbursed by the fund for the administrative costs of the billings, disbursements, notices to customers, and financial recordkeeping. However, such reimbursement shall not exceed five percent of the total revenues collected.   5. The utility shall establish a board or committee to determine the appropriate distribution of the funds. The board or committee shall include representatives from community or regional organizations which are active in assisting citizens with payment of their winter heating bills.   6. The rules established by the utilities board shall require an annual report to be filed for each fund. The utilities board shall compile an annual statewide report of the fund results. The division of community action agencies of the department of human rights shall prepare an annual report of the unmet need for energy assistance and weatherization. Both reports shall be submitted to the appropriations committees of the general assembly on the first day of the following session.   7. Existing programs to receive customer contributions established by public utilities shall be construed to meet the requirements of this section. Such plans shall be subject to review by the utilities board.  88 Acts, ch 1175, §3; 92 Acts, ch 1155, §1; 2002 Acts, ch 1119, §177  Referred to in §216A.102, 476.1A, 476.1B
IA Code § 476.71 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 476 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION|Section 476.71 - Purpose.

476.71 Purpose.   It is the intent of the general assembly that a public utility should not directly or indirectly include in regulated rates or charges any costs or expenses of an affiliate engaged in any business other than that of utility business unless the affiliate provides goods or services to the public utility. The costs that are included should be reasonably necessary and appropriate for utility business. It is also the intent of the general assembly that a public utility should only provide nonutility services in a manner that minimizes the possibility of cross-subsidization or unfair competitive advantage.  89 Acts, ch 103, §2
IA Code § 476.72 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 476 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION|Section 476.72 - Definitions.

476.72 Definitions.   As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   1. “Affiliate” means a party that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with a rate-regulated public utility.   2. “Control” means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of an enterprise through ownership, by contract or otherwise.   3. “Nonutility service” includes the sale, lease, or other conveyance of commercial and residential gas or electric appliances, interior lighting systems and fixtures, or heating, ventilating, or air conditioning systems and component parts or the servicing, repair, or maintenance of such equipment.   4. “Public utility” means a rate-regulated public utility providing electric, gas, water, sanitary sewage, or storm water drainage service, or any combination thereof.   5. “Utility business” means the generation or transmission of electricity or furnishing of gas or furnishing electricity to the public for compensation.  89 Acts, ch 103, §3; 2014 Acts, ch 1026, §143; 2014 Acts, ch 1099, §9; 2018 Acts, ch 1024, §2
IA Code § 476.73 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 476 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION|Section 476.73 - Affiliate records.

476.73 Affiliate records.   1. Access to records. Every public utility and affiliate through the public utility shall provide the board with access to books, records, accounts, documents, and other data and information which the board finds necessary to effectively implement and effectuate the provisions of this chapter.   2. Separate records. The board may require affiliates of a public utility to keep separate records and the board may provide for the examination and inspection of the books, accounts, papers, and records, as may be necessary to enforce this chapter.   3. Allocation permitted. The board may inquire as to and prescribe, for ratemaking purposes, the allocation of capitalization, earnings, debts, and expenses related to ownership, operation, or management of affiliates.  89 Acts, ch 103, §4
IA Code § 476.75 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 476 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION|Section 476.75 - Audits required.

476.75 Audits required.   The board may periodically retain a nationally or regionally recognized independent auditing firm to conduct an audit of the transactions between a public utility and its affiliates. An affiliate transaction audit shall not be conducted more frequently than every three years, unless ordered by the board for good cause. The cost of the audit shall be paid by the public utility to the independent auditing firm and shall be included in its regulated rates and charges, unless otherwise ordered by the board for good cause after providing the public utility the opportunity for a hearing on the board’s decision.  89 Acts, ch 103, §6
IA Code § 476.76 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 476 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION|Section 476.76 - Reorganization defined.

476.76 Reorganization defined.   For purposes of this subchapter unless the context otherwise requires, “reorganization” means either of the following:   1. The acquisition, sale, lease, or any other disposition, directly or indirectly, including by merger or consolidation, of the whole or any substantial part of a public utility’s assets.   2. The purchase or other acquisition or sale or other disposition of the controlling capital stock of any public utility, either directly or indirectly.  89 Acts, ch 103, §7; 2014 Acts, ch 1026, §143  Referred to in §476.44
IA Code § 476.77 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 476 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION|Section 476.77 - Time and standards for review.

476.77 Time and standards for review.   1. A reorganization shall not take place if the board disapproves. Prior to reorganization, the applicant shall file with the board a proposal for reorganization with supporting testimony and evidence to establish that the reorganization is not contrary to the interests of the public utility’s ratepayers and the public interest.   2. A proposal for reorganization shall be deemed to have been approved unless the board disapproves the proposal within ninety days after its filing. The board, for good cause shown, may extend the deadline for acting on an application for an additional period not to exceed ninety days. However, the board shall not disapprove a proposal for reorganization without providing for notice and opportunity for hearing. The notice of hearing shall be provided no later than fifty days after the proposal for reorganization has been filed.   3. In its review of a proposal for reorganization, the board may consider all of the following:   a. Whether the board will have reasonable access to books, records, documents, and other information relating to the public utility or any of its affiliates.   b. Whether the public utility’s ability to attract capital on reasonable terms, including the maintenance of a reasonable capital structure, is impaired.   c. Whether the ability of the public utility to provide safe, reasonable, and adequate service is impaired.   d. Whether ratepayers are detrimentally affected.   e. Whether the public interest is detrimentally affected.   4. The board may adopt rules which exempt a public utility or class of public utility or class of reorganization from this section if the board finds that with respect to the public utility or class of public utility or class of reorganization review is not necessary in the public interest. The board may adopt rules necessary to protect the interest of the customers of the exempt public utility. These rules may include, but are not limited to, notification of a proposed sale or transfer of assets or stock. The board may waive the requirements of this section, if the board finds that board review is not necessary in the public interest.  89 Acts, ch 103, §8; 91 Acts, ch 68, §1; 98 Acts, ch 1097, §1, 2
IA Code § 476.78 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 476 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION|Section 476.78 - Cross-subsidization prohibited.

476.78 Cross-subsidization prohibited.   A public utility shall not directly or indirectly include any costs or expenses attributable to providing nonutility service in regulated rates or charges. Except for contracts existing as of July 1, 1996, a public utility or its affiliates shall not use vehicles, service tools and instruments, or employees, the costs, salaries, or benefits of which are recoverable in the regulated rates for electric service or gas service to install, service, or repair residential or commercial gas or electric heating, ventilating, or air conditioning systems, or interior lighting systems and fixtures; or to sell at retail heating, ventilating, air conditioning, or interior lighting equipment. For the purpose of this section, “commercial” means a place of business primarily used for the storage or sale, at wholesale or retail, of goods, wares, services, or merchandise. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a public utility from using its utility vehicles, service tools and instruments, and employees to market systems, services, and equipment, to light pilots, or to eliminate a customer emergency or threat to public safety.  89 Acts, ch 103, §9; 96 Acts, ch 1196, §12; 2014 Acts, ch 1099, §10  Referred to in §476.83