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Last Updated: April 2007
04/01:
The Iowa Utilities Board (IUB) issued an order closing Docket No. NOI-95- 1, "Inquiry Into Emerging
Competition in the Electric Industry" on April 17, 2001.
04/00: Proposed restructuring legislation died in Iowa as the legislative session ended in April without further action on Senate File 2361 or House File 2530.
06/99: The Deregulation and Restructuring of the Electric Utility Industry Study Committee released its final report. The committee was established by the Legislative Council. The Committee was authorized to conduct five meetings during the 1998 Interim, but made no formal recommendations.
02/99: The IUB announced MidAmerican would offer a 2-year pilot program in Council Bluffs. An education program was beginning and customer sign-up for the pilot was scheduled to begin 4/99, and delivery of power by 5/99.
11/98: MidAmerican Energy and the IUB chose the community of Council Bluffs to participate in MidAmerican’s pilot program. The program would allow about 15,000 residential and 2,000 small business consumers to have retail choice.
08/98: IUB approved MidAmerican’s pilot, the first major electric choice pilot program in the State which expected to include about 15 large consumers. The following residential pilot, proposed in 5/98, was yet to be approved.
05/98: MidAmerican filed a proposal with the IUB for a pilot program to allow 15,000 residential and 2,000 small commercial customers (making up approximately 3 percent of the small commercial customers) to choose their power supplier competitively.
05/98: Senate File 2416 was signed by the Governor. It would replace property taxes on electric utilities with excise taxes imposed on generation, transmission and delivery of electricity. The changes in tax law were to address concerns that under deregulation, non-Iowa suppliers would have a competitive advantage over Iowa-based companies that were paying property taxes.
09/97: MidAmerican Energy proposed a wheeling pilot for commercial and industrial customers for 60 MW of load in first year and an additional 15 MW each following year.
09/97: The IUB adopted its "Action Plan to Develop a Competitive Model for the Electric Industry in Iowa." The plan included a statewide pilot program for residential and commercial customers (about 3 percent of load) over 2 years.
05/96: The IUB adopted principles for restructuring the electric power industry.
02/96: The IUB appointed a 28 member Advisory Group to study restructuring.