{"operation":"document","citation":"Iowa Code § 476.1B","title":"Applicability of authority - municipally owned utilities.","source_type":"regulation","agency":"Iowa General Assembly, Legislative Services Agency","status":"current","official":true,"published_on":"2025-12-22","effective_on":"2026-07-01","summary":"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 47","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ia-code-476-1b.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ia-code-476-1b.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ia-code-476-1b","source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/476.pdf","body":"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:\n\na. Assessment of fees for the support of the commission and the office of consumer advocate, as set forth in section 476.10.\n\nb. Safety standards.\n\nc. Assigned areas of service, as set forth in sections 476.22 through 476.26.\n\nd. Public utility railroad crossings, as set forth in section 476.27.\n\ne. 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.\n\nf. Filing alternate energy purchase program plans with the commission, and offering such programs to customers, pursuant to section 476.47.\n\n2. Section 476.20, subsections 1 through 4, sections 476.51, 476.56, 476.58, 476.62, and\n\nCurrent 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.","truncated":false,"body_characters":1379}