Iowa legislation · 91st General Assembly
Iowa SF2249: A BILL FOR An Act relating to customer classes for large energy use facilities, and including applicability provisions
Status: In committee, February 12, 2026
An Act relating to customer classes for large energy use facilities, and including applicability provisions.
What the bill says
A bill FOR An Act relating to customer classes for large energy use facilities, and including applicability provisions.
From the introduced text, February 10, 2026:
A BILL FOR An Act relating to customer classes for large energy use facilities, and including applicability provisions. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 5673XS (4) sb/js S.F. 2249 Section 1. Section 476.6, Code 2026, is amended by adding the following new subsection: NEW SUBSECTION. 22. Large energy use facilities. a. For purposes of this subsection: (1) "Costs of serving" includes, as applicable, the costs incurred by an electric utility in providing transmission, distribution, energy, capacity, or ancillary electricity services, and any related costs or associated risks with serving a customer class or customer. (2) "Large energy use facility" means a facility that uses or is able to use twenty megawatts or more and is primarily engaged in providing a service as described under code number 518210 of the North American industry classification system. b. The commission shall create a customer class for each customer that is a large energy use facility. The customer class must be separate and distinct from customer classes for other customers and have its own rates, charges, and schedules. Any rate, charge, or schedule approved by the commission for the class must meet all of the following requirements: (1) Directly assign the costs of serving to the customer. (2) Mitigate the risk of other customer classes paying unwarranted …
Sponsors
- Janice Weiner (D, 45) · primary sponsor
- Molly Donahue (D, 37)
- Art Staed (D, 40)
- Drey, Catelin (D, 1)
- Matt Blake (D, 22)
- Izaah Knox (D, 17)
- Mike Zimmer (D, 35)
- Cindy Winckler (D, 49)
- Herman Quirmbach (D, 25)
- Garriott, Sarah Trone (D, 14)
- Liz Bennett (D, 39)
- Janet Petersen (D, 18)
Latest actions
- : Subcommittee: Driscoll, Petersen, and Reichman. S.J. 278 .
- : Introduced, referred to Commerce. S.J. 236 .
Subjects: buildings, electricity, utilities, consumer affairs, electric utilities, energy use, utilities commission
Common questions
- What is SF2249?
- SF2249 is a bill in the Iowa Legislature (91st General Assembly): A BILL FOR An Act relating to customer classes for large energy use facilities, and including applicability provisions.
- What does SF2249 do?
- In its own words: A bill FOR An Act relating to customer classes for large energy use facilities, and including applicability provisions.
- What is the status of SF2249?
- In committee as of February 12, 2026. Latest action: Subcommittee: Driscoll, Petersen, and Reichman. S.J. 278 . (February 12, 2026).
- Who sponsored SF2249?
- Janice Weiner (D, 45), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for SF2249?
- On the Iowa Legislature website: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ba=SF+2249&ga=91
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