Newsroom For Tag "Iowa legislature"

Iowa Utilities Board releases ratemaking reform study

posted 1/11/2024
Last month, the Iowa Utilities Board provided a report to the legislature recommending updates to Iowa's laws for utility rates. This was the broad first review of Iowa's utility rate laws in nearly two decades and could lead to significant changes

View More
2024 Legislative Preview: IEC's priorities for the upcoming session

posted 1/9/2024
The 2024 legislative session is now underway! This is the second year of the 90th General Assembly, and it has arrived with a slew of new priorities and anticipated challenges. Republicans continue to enjoy the benefits of a Trifecta government - they control the Governor's office, the Senate, and the House, and therefore control the legislative agenda.

View More
State Review Committee recommends changes to environmental boards and commissions

posted 9/1/2023
On Tuesday, the Governor's Boards and Commissions Review Committee met to review recommendations for changes, consolidation, or elimination of numerous state boards or commissions. IEC reviewed the full list for impacts to environmental oversight in Iowa.

View More
IUB to study utility ratemaking process, make recommendations

posted 8/30/2023
This week, the Iowa Utilities Board (IUB) kicked off the first of three public input and discussion sessions to review state laws related to how utilities set their rates. These sessions will wrap up in early November and will result in a set of legislative recommendations to be considered in the 2024 legislative session.

View More
IEC calls for action to reduce nutrient pollution

posted 8/29/2022
The Iowa Environmental Council released a report calling on state agencies to take action after nearly ten years without progress under the state's Nutrient Reduction Strategy (NRS). The report, The Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy: Ten Years and No Progress, calls for a timeline and changes in policy to achieve the state's pollution reduction goals.

View More
Preparing for the 2022 Legislative Session

posted 12/10/2021
IEC is prepping and planning for the upcoming legislative session. Read about our updated priorities, what lies ahead, and upcoming events.

View More
IEC Reacts to Supreme Court Decision on Protecting Iowa Water

posted 6/18/2021
IEC reacts to the Supreme Court's decision not to allow a case brought by ICCI and Food & Water Watch to advance.

View More
Legislators See Conservation Practices First-hand

posted 6/16/2021
The Iowa Environmental Council and the Mississippi River Legislative Caucus, part of the National Caucus of Environmental Legislators, hosted legislators from across the state during a tour of the Tesdell Century Farm near Slater, Iowa, on Friday, June 11.

View More
Implementation of SF 2311 Causes Job Loss Throughout Iowa

posted 4/23/2019
After the Iowa Utilities Board approved drastically-reduced energy efficiency plans this spring for the state's rate-regulated utilities as a result of Senate File 2311 passed in 2018, job loss was immediate. A sample of just four businesses in the energy efficiency industry showed a loss of 54 jobs and total salary losses of $2.5 million.

View More
Environmental Council Calls for Governor's Veto of “Irresponsible” Water Quality Legislation

posted 1/23/2018
IEC responds to the passage of SF512

View More

Our mission: a just, healthy environment and sustainable future for all Iowans.

ADDRESS

505 Fifth Ave. Suite 850
Des Moines, Iowa 50309

PHONE

515-244-1194

SOCIAL

Copyright © 2024. Iowa Environmental Council. All Rights Reserved. Website and Development by Spinutech.