§ 475A.2 — Duties

Iowa § 475A.2

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title XI: NATURAL RESOURCES
• Ch. 475A: CONSUMER ADVOCATE

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The consumer advocate shall:
1. Investigate the legality of all rates, charges, rules, regulations, and practices of all
persons under the jurisdiction of the utilities commission, and institute civil proceedings
before the commission or any court to correct any illegality on the part of any such person. In
any such investigation, the person acting for the office of the consumer advocate shall have
the power to ask the commission to issue subpoenas, compel the attendance and testimony
of witnesses, and the production of papers, books, and documents, at the discretion of the
commission.
2. Represent the interests of all consumers generally and the public generally in all
proceedings before the utilities commission.
3. Institute as a party judicial review of any decision of the utilities commission, if the
consumer advocate deems judicial review to be in the public interest.
4. Appear for all consumers generally and the public generally in all actions instituted
in any state or federal court which involve the validity of a rule, regulation, or order of the
utilities commission.
5. Represent the interests of all consumers generally and the public generally in
proceedings before federal and state agencies and related judicial review proceedings and
appeals, at the discretion of the consumer advocate.
6. Appear and participate as a party in the name of the office of consumer advocate in the
performance of the duties of the office.