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HF2045 • 2026

A bill for an act requiring a study on infrastructure cost recovery by rate-regulated public utilities.

A bill for an act requiring a study on infrastructure cost recovery by rate-regulated public utilities.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
BAGNIEWSKI
Last action
2026-01-14
Official status
Introduced, referred to Commerce. H.J. 76 .
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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A bill for an act requiring a study on infrastructure cost recovery by rate-regulated public utilities.

A bill for an act requiring a study on infrastructure cost recovery by rate-regulated public utilities.

What This Bill Does

  • A bill for an act requiring a study on infrastructure cost recovery by rate-regulated public utilities.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-14 Iowa Legislature

    Introduced, referred to Commerce. H.J. 76 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act requiring a study on infrastructure cost recovery by rate-regulated public utilities.

Current Bill Text

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House

File

2045

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Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

2045

BY

BAGNIEWSKI

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

requiring

a

study

on

infrastructure

cost

recovery

by

1

rate-regulated

public

utilities.

2

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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Section

1.

OFFICE

OF

CONSUMER

ADVOCATE

——

INFRASTRUCTURE

1

COST

RECOVERY

——

STUDY.

The

office

of

consumer

advocate

2

shall

conduct

a

study

to

examine

whether

any

rate-regulated

3

public

utility

is

charging

Iowa

customers

for

infrastructure

4

improvements

that

benefit

residents

of

other

states.

If

5

it

is

found

that

Iowa

customers

are

being

charged

for

such

6

infrastructure

improvements,

the

office

of

consumer

advocate

7

shall

determine

if

the

public

utility’s

customers

in

the

state

8

of

Iowa

are

being

adequately

compensated

for

the

charges

in

9

the

customers’

utility

bills.

The

office

of

consumer

advocate

10

shall

submit

to

the

general

assembly

on

or

before

December

31,

11

2026,

a

report

detailing

the

office’s

findings.

12

EXPLANATION

13

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

14

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

15

This

bill

directs

the

office

of

consumer

advocate

(OCA)

16

to

conduct

a

study

to

examine

whether

any

rate-regulated

17

public

utility

is

charging

Iowa

customers

for

infrastructure

18

improvements

that

benefit

residents

of

other

states.

If

19

OCA

finds

that

Iowa

customers

are

being

charged

for

the

20

infrastructure

improvements,

the

bill

directs

OCA

to

determine

21

if

the

public

utility’s

customers

in

the

state

of

Iowa

are

22

being

adequately

compensated

for

the

charges

in

the

customers’

23

utility

bills.

24

The

bill

requires

OCA

to

submit

to

the

general

assembly

on

25

or

before

December

31,

2026,

a

report

detailing

the

office’s

26

findings.

27

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