Applicability of authority - municipally owned utilities.

1.A municipally owned utility furnishing gas or electricity is not subject to the regulation authority of the commission, except for regulatory action pertaining to the following:#

a.Assessment of fees for the support of the commission and the office of consumer advocate, as set forth in section 476.10.#

b.Safety standards.#

c.Assigned areas of service, as set forth in sections 476.22 through 476.26.#

d.Public utility railroad crossings, as set forth in section 476.27.#

e.An electric power agency as defined in chapter 28F and section 390.9 that includes as a member a city or municipally owned utility that builds transmission facilities after July 1, 2001, is subject to applicable transmission reliability rules or standards adopted by the commission for those facilities.#

f.Filing alternate energy purchase program plans with the commission, and offering such programs to customers, pursuant to section 476.47.#

2.Section 476.20, subsections 1 through 4, sections 476.51, 476.56, 476.58, 476.62, and#

Current 2026 Acts overlay: Section 476.1B, subsection 2, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows: 2. Section 476.20, subsections 1 through 4, Section 476.2, subsection 7, section 476.20, subsections 1 through 4, sections 476.51, 476.56, 476.58, 476.62, and 476.66, and chapters 476A and 478, to the extent applicable, apply to such electric and gas utilities.#