§ 476.1B — Applicability of authority — municipally owned utilities

Iowa § 476.1B

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title XI: NATURAL RESOURCES
• Ch. 476: PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION

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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 commission and the office of consumer
advocate, as set forth in section 476.10.
b. Safety standards.
c. Assigned areas of service, as set forth in sections 476.22 through 476.26.
d. Public utility railroad crossings, as set forth in section 476.27.
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. 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. 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.

Legislative History

[C66, 71, 73, 75, §490A.2; C77, 79, 81, §476.2]