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File
2249
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
2249
BY
WEINER
,
DONAHUE
,
STAED
,
DREY
,
BLAKE
,
KNOX
,
ZIMMER
,
WINCKLER
,
QUIRMBACH
,
TRONE
GARRIOTT
,
BENNETT
,
PETERSEN
,
DOTZLER
,
HARDMAN
,
and
WAHLS
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
customer
classes
for
large
energy
use
1
facilities,
and
including
applicability
provisions.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
476.6,
Code
2026,
is
amended
by
adding
1
the
following
new
subsection:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
22.
Large
energy
use
facilities.
3
a.
For
purposes
of
this
subsection:
4
(1)
“Costs
of
serving”
includes,
as
applicable,
the
costs
5
incurred
by
an
electric
utility
in
providing
transmission,
6
distribution,
energy,
capacity,
or
ancillary
electricity
7
services,
and
any
related
costs
or
associated
risks
with
8
serving
a
customer
class
or
customer.
9
(2)
“Large
energy
use
facility”
means
a
facility
that
uses
10
or
is
able
to
use
twenty
megawatts
or
more
and
is
primarily
11
engaged
in
providing
a
service
as
described
under
code
number
12
518210
of
the
North
American
industry
classification
system.
13
b.
The
commission
shall
create
a
customer
class
for
each
14
customer
that
is
a
large
energy
use
facility.
The
customer
15
class
must
be
separate
and
distinct
from
customer
classes
for
16
other
customers
and
have
its
own
rates,
charges,
and
schedules.
17
Any
rate,
charge,
or
schedule
approved
by
the
commission
for
18
the
class
must
meet
all
of
the
following
requirements:
19
(1)
Directly
assign
the
costs
of
serving
to
the
customer.
20
(2)
Mitigate
the
risk
of
other
customer
classes
paying
21
unwarranted
costs.
22
(3)
Mitigate
the
risk
of
shifting,
in
an
unwarranted
manner,
23
the
costs
of
serving
a
customer
that
is
a
large
energy
use
24
facility
to
other
customer
classes,
including
costs
incurred
by
25
an
electric
utility
to
meet
load
requirements
resulting
from
26
the
provision
of
electricity
service
to
a
customer
that
is
a
27
large
energy
use
facility.
28
c.
In
deciding
whether
to
approve
a
proposed
rate,
charge,
29
or
schedule
of
an
electric
utility
for
a
customer
class
30
described
under
this
subsection,
the
commission
shall
consider
31
whether
the
rate,
charge,
or
schedule
may
do
any
of
the
32
following:
33
(1)
Result
in,
or
have
the
potential
to
result
in,
increased
34
costs
or
unwarranted
risk
to
other
customers.
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(2)
Provide
for
equitable
contributions
to
grid
efficiency,
1
reliability,
and
resiliency
benefits.
2
(3)
Meet
any
other
conditions
the
commission
may
require
in
3
the
public
interest.
4
d.
An
electric
utility
and
a
customer
that
is
a
large
5
energy
use
facility
are
not
required
to
use
a
classification
of
6
service
provided
for
under
this
subsection
if
the
commission
7
has
not
approved
for
the
electric
utility
a
rate,
charge,
or
8
schedule
for
that
classification
of
service.
9
Sec.
2.
APPLICABILITY.
This
Act
applies
to
electric
utility
10
services
provided
to
large
energy
use
facilities
constructed
or
11
expanded
on
or
after
January
1,
2027.
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
relates
to
customer
classes
for
large
energy
use
16
facilities.
17
The
bill
defines
“costs
of
serving”
to
include,
as
18
applicable,
the
costs
incurred
by
an
electric
utility
in
19
providing
transmission,
distribution,
energy,
capacity,
or
20
ancillary
electricity
services,
and
any
related
costs
or
21
associated
risks
with
serving
a
customer
class
or
customer.
22
The
bill
defines
“large
energy
use
facility”
as
a
facility
23
that
uses
or
is
able
to
use
20
megawatts
or
more
and
that
is
24
primarily
engaged
in
providing
a
service
described
under
code
25
number
518210
of
the
North
American
industry
classification
26
system.
27
The
bill
requires
the
utilities
commission
to
create
a
28
customer
class
for
each
customer
that
is
a
large
energy
use
29
facility.
The
customer
class
must
be
separate
and
distinct
30
from
customer
classes
for
other
customers
and
must
have
its
31
own
rates,
charges,
and
schedules.
The
bill
provides
that
32
any
rate,
charge,
or
schedule
approved
by
the
commission
for
33
a
large
energy
use
facility
customer
must
directly
assign
the
34
costs
of
serving
the
customer,
mitigate
the
risk
of
other
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customer
classes
paying
unwarranted
costs,
and
mitigate
the
1
risk
of
shifting,
in
an
unwarranted
manner,
the
costs
of
2
serving
a
large
energy
use
facility
to
other
customer
classes.
3
The
bill
specifies
that
these
costs
include
costs
incurred
by
4
an
electric
utility
to
meet
load
requirements
resulting
from
5
providing
electricity
service
to
a
large
energy
use
facility.
6
The
bill
requires
the
commission,
when
deciding
whether
7
to
approve
a
proposed
rate,
charge,
or
schedule
for
a
large
8
energy
use
facility
customer
class,
to
consider
whether
the
9
proposal
may
result
in
or
have
the
potential
to
result
in
10
increased
costs
or
unwarranted
risk
to
other
customers,
whether
11
the
proposal
provides
for
equitable
contributions
to
grid
12
efficiency,
reliability,
and
resiliency
benefits,
and
whether
13
the
proposal
meets
any
other
conditions
the
commission
may
14
require
in
the
public
interest.
15
The
bill
provides
that
an
electric
utility
and
a
customer
16
that
is
a
large
energy
use
facility
are
not
required
to
use
17
the
customer
classification
created
under
the
bill
if
the
18
commission
has
not
approved
a
rate,
charge,
or
schedule
for
19
that
classification
of
service.
20
The
bill
applies
to
electric
utility
services
provided
to
21
large
energy
use
facilities
constructed
or
expanded
on
or
after
22
January
1,
2027.
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