Title XI, NATURAL RESOURCES (Ch. 455 - 485)

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 …

The commission 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 ; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §267…

1. The utilities commission 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 effic…

1. On and after January 1, 2013, the owner of an alternate energy production facility, as defined in section 476.42 , which when constructed or installed will be attached to an electric transmission or distribution line or attached to equipment which is attached to an electric tr…

If there shall be filed with the commission by any public utility an application requesting the commission to determine the reasonableness of the utility’s rates, charges, schedules, service or regulations, the commission shall promptly initiate a formal proceeding. Such a formal…

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…

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 po…

1. Access to records. Every public utility and affiliate through the public utility shall provide the commission with access to books, records, accounts, documents, and other data and information which the commission finds necessary to effectively implement and effectuate the pro…

1. Goods and services. All contracts or arrangements providing for the furnishing or receiving of goods and services including but not limited to the furnishing or receiving of management, supervisory, construction, engineering, accounting, legal, financial, marketing, data proce…

The commission 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…

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 …

1. A reorganization shall not take place if the commission disapproves. Prior to reorganization, the applicant shall file with the commission a proposal for reorganization with supporting testimony and evidence to establish that the reorganization is not contrary to the interests…

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 a…

1. A public utility providing any nonutility service to its customers shall keep and render to the commission separate records of the nonutility service. The commission may provide for the examination and inspection of the books, accounts, papers, and records of the nonutility se…

1. Every public utility is required to furnish reasonably adequate service and facilities. “Reasonably adequate service and facilities” for public utilities furnishing gas or electricity includes programs for customers to encourage the use of energy efficiency and renewable energ…

A public utility which engages in a systematic marketing effort as defined by the commission, other than on an incidental or casual basis, to promote the availability of nonutility service from the public utility shall make available at reasonable compensation on a nondiscriminat…

The commission may periodically retain a nationally or regionally recognized independent auditing firm to conduct an audit of the nonutility services provided by a public utility subject to the provisions of section 476.80 . A nonutility service audit shall not be conducted more …

Notwithstanding any language to the contrary, nothing in this subchapter shall prohibit a public utility from participating in or conducting energy efficiency projects or programs established or approved by the commission or required by statute. A public utility participating in …

Any person may file a written complaint with the commission requesting that the commission determine compliance by a public utility with the provisions of section 476.78 , 476.79 , or 476.80 , or any validly adopted rules to implement these sections. Upon the filing of a complain…

1. This section applies to the acquisition of water, sanitary sewer, and storm water utilities by rate-regulated public utilities. This section does not apply to the acquisition of such utilities by non-rate-regulated entities described in section 476.1, subsection 3 . 2. a. A pu…

As used in this section and section 476.87 , unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Aggregator” means a person who combines retail end users into a group and arranges for the acquisition of competitive natural gas services without taking title to those services. 2. a. “Compet…

1. The commission shall certify all competitive natural gas providers and aggregators providing natural gas services in this state. In an application for certification, a competitive natural gas provider or aggregator must reasonably demonstrate managerial, technical, and financi…

1. Every public utility, except telecommunications service providers registered pursuant to section 476.95A , shall keep and render to the commission, in the manner and form prescribed by the commission, uniform accounts of all business transacted. 2. Every public utility engaged…

1. Definitions. As used in this section , unless the context otherwise requires: a. “Alternative operator services company” means a nongovernmental company which receives more than half of its Iowa intrastate telecommunications services revenues from calls placed by end-user cust…

1. For purposes of this section : a. “Internet protocol-enabled service” means any service, capability, functionality, or application that uses internet protocol or any successor protocol and enables an end user to send or receive voice, data, or video communications in internet …

1. A provider of telecommunications service, as defined in section 476.103 , offering telephone numbers to retail customers in this state shall register annually with the commission. 2. An applicant shall complete an application for registration on a form provided by the commissi…

1. The commission may exercise any powers reserved or delegated to the state by the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 or any other federal law, rule, or order thereunder, and may hear and resolve any dispute arising thereunder, including but not limited to intercarrier compe…