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STATE OF IOWA
KIM REYNOLDS
GOVERNOR
April 16, 2026
The Honorable Paul Pate
Secretary of State of Iowa
State Capitol
Des Moines, Iowa 50319
Dear Mr. Secretary,
I hereby transmit:
House File 2583, an Act relating to emergency planning and coordination for electric
transmission line owners, and providing penalties.
The above House File is hereby approved on this date.
Sincerely,
Governor of Iowa
cc: Secretary of the Senate
Clerk of the House
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House File 2583
AN ACT
RELATING TO EMERGENCY PLANNING AND COORDINATION FOR ELECTRIC
TRANSMISSION LINE OWNERS, AND PROVIDING PENALTIES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
Section 1. NEW SECTION . 478.34 Electric transmission
emergency planning and coordination.
1. For purposes of this section:
a. "Electric transmission line" means a high-voltage
electric transmission line with a capacity of two hundred
kilovolts or more that has been approved for construction on or
after July 1, 2022, for construction in a federally registered
House File 2583, p. 2
planning authority transmission plan with costs allocated
regionally .
b. "Electric transmission line owner" means an individual or
entity that owns and maintains an electric transmission line.
c. "Proclaimed disaster emergency" means a state of disaster
emergency proclaimed by the governor pursuant to section 29C.6.
2. a. An electric transmission line owner shall
independently develop an emergency response plan and submit the
plan to the commission. The plan shall contain at least all of
the following information:
(1) The name, title, and twenty-four-hour contact
information of at least two designated individuals with the
authority to coordinate and direct the electric transmission
line owner's emergency response and restoration efforts. Each
electric transmission line owner shall notify the commission of
any change to this contact information within twenty-four hours
of the change occurring.
(2) Procedures for notifying state and local emergency
management agencies and neighboring utilities during a service
interruption .
(3) Strategies for the staging and mobilization of
personnel, equipment, and materials for expeditious
restoration .
(4) A summary of mutual aid arrangements with other entities
for supplemental repair crews and equipment.
(5) A methodology for prioritizing the restoration of
service to essential facilities, including hospitals, water
treatment plants, and public safety communications.
b. An electric transmission line owner currently
constructing, operating, or maintaining an electric
transmission line or who has been issued a franchise under
section 478.4 shall submit an initial emergency response
plan to the commission by December 31, 2026. Updated plans
shall be submitted annually thereafter, or within thirty
days of a material change, in the form and manner prescribed
by the commission. An electric transmission line owner who
seeks to construct an electric transmission line, and who
has not previously filed an emergency response plan with the
commission, shall file an initial emergency response plan
House File 2583, p. 3
with the commission within ninety days after the filing of a
petition under section 478.2.
c. kn emergency response plan or information submitted
pursuant to this section shall be considered a confidential
record and shall be kept confidential, as provided in section
22.7, subsection 50. The records shall not be subject to
disclosure, except as necessary for the coordination of
emergency response and restoration efforts between authorized
state and utility personnel.
3. a. An electric transmission line owner shall notify the
commission in the form and manner prescribed by the commission
when it is projected, after an initial assessment of the nature
and scope of the damage to the transmission line and initial
information from any impacted utility providing electricity
to end user customers, that an outage may result in a loss of
service to end user customers for more than six hours, provided
the outage meets the criteria for a significant interruption,
as defined by commission rule. Notification shall be made at
the earliest possible time after the determination and shall
include all of the following:
(1) The general nature and cause of the interruption.
(2) The geographic area of the affected end user customers
and the impacted franchise.
(3) A preliminary assessment of the extent of damage.
(4) The estimated time for restoration.
b. The notice required under paragraph "a" shall be
supplemented as more complete or accurate information becomes
available, including updates to the estimated restoration time.
4. In the event of an actual or imminent proclaimed
disaster emergency, the electric transmission line owners shall
coordinate operational responses with each other, as necessary,
for repair and restoration to occur in an expeditious and
orderly manner, and shall provide the commission and the
department of homeland security and emergency management with
information as requested to facilitate state-level emergency
response decision making and assistance.
5. An electric transmission line owner that violates any
provision of this section or any rule adopted pursuant to this
section is subject to a civil penalty, which may be levied
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by the commission, of not more than one thousand dollars per
violation or ten thousand dollars
violation, whichever, is greater.
per day of a continuing
PAT
Speaker of K the House
AMY SINCLAIR
President of the Senate
I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
is known as House File 2583, Ninety-first General Assembly.
MEGl/ NELSON
Chief Clerk of the House
Approved ApçAjW 2026
KIM
Governor