Iowa legislation · 91st General Assembly
Iowa HF2365: A BILL FOR An Act relating to the regulation of public utilities, including rate filings, rate adjustment mechanisms, virtual power plants, and integrated resource planning
Status: In committee, February 23, 2026
An Act relating to the regulation of public utilities, including rate filings, rate adjustment mechanisms, virtual power plants, and integrated resource planning.
What the bill says
A bill FOR An Act relating to the regulation of public utilities, including rate filings, rate adjustment mechanisms, virtual power plants, and integrated resource planning.
From the introduced text, February 10, 2026:
A BILL FOR An Act relating to the regulation of public utilities, including rate filings, rate adjustment mechanisms, virtual power plants, and integrated resource planning. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 6666YH (4) sb/js H.F. 2365 Section 1. Section 476.6, subsections 7 and 8, Code 2026, are amended to read as follows: 7. Limitation on Frequency of filings. a. A public utility shall not make a subsequent filing of an application for a new or changed rate, charge, schedule, or regulation which that relates to services for which a rate filing is pending within twelve months following the date the prior application was filed or until the commission has issued a final order on the prior application, whichever date is earlier, unless the public utility applies to the commission for authority and receives authority to make a subsequent filing at an earlier date. b. Not later than July 1, 2029, and at least every three years thereafter, an electric utility required to be rate-regulated shall file a general rate case in which the commission shall confirm that the utility's rates, cost allocations, and all other provisions of its tariff are just and reasonable and based on each customer or customer group's actual cost of service. If, on July 1, 2026, a utility has …
Sponsors
- Judd Lawler (R, 91) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2668 .
- : Committee vote: Yeas, 23. Nays, 0. H.J. 356 .
- : Committee report, recommending amendment and passage. H.J. 356 .
- : Subcommittee recommends passage.
- : Subcommittee Meeting: 02/16/2026 11:00AM RM 102.
- : Subcommittee: Lawler, Judge and Thomson, C. H.J. 262 .
- : Introduced, referred to Commerce. H.J. 240 .
Votes
- Committee report, recommending amendment and passage. H.J. 356 . (February 18, 2026): 23 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: utilities
Common questions
- What is HF2365?
- HF2365 is a bill in the Iowa Legislature (91st General Assembly): A BILL FOR An Act relating to the regulation of public utilities, including rate filings, rate adjustment mechanisms, virtual power plants, and integrated resource planning.
- What does HF2365 do?
- In its own words: A bill FOR An Act relating to the regulation of public utilities, including rate filings, rate adjustment mechanisms, virtual power plants, and integrated resource planning.
- What is the status of HF2365?
- In committee as of February 23, 2026. Latest action: Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2668 . (February 23, 2026).
- Who sponsored HF2365?
- Judd Lawler (R, 91).
- Where is the official record for HF2365?
- On the Iowa Legislature website: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ba=HF+2365&ga=91
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