Anti-EE Bill Advances in Iowa Legislature Written by Leah Scull, Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance, March 21, 2018 Last week the Iowa House Commerce Committee passed Senate File 2311, a bill that will significantly alter the way utilities drive customer energy savings programs in Iowa. The bill has already passed the Senate and is now eligible to go […]
Iowa’s new energy plan: More renewable energy, stronger power grid The Des Moines Register, December 21, 2016 Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds released the broad energy report Wednesday that looks at Iowa’s energy needs over the next decade. It provided 45 recommendations ranging from modernizing the state’s electric power grid to improving state tax credits for […]
Lisa Markowski for Zondits, November 17, 2015. Image credit: tanakawho The chairperson of the Iowa Utilities Board (IUB) has delayed $4 million in funding for renewable energy research pending response to her questions about the Iowa Energy Center’s operations. Geri Huser may be violating a law that says these funds must go to the research center, […]
Lisa Markowski for Zondits, April 10, 2015 The University of Iowa (UI) plans to increase the “smart” scheduling changes enacted for 10 weeks last summer in select campus buildings to save energy. The program adjusts summertime classroom scheduling to concentrate the occupied space on campus to reduce cooling needs. The school started by eliminating evening […]
