HF 2583

House
File
2583
-
Enrolled
House
File
2583
AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
EMERGENCY
PLANNING
AND
COORDINATION
FOR
ELECTRIC
TRANSMISSION
LINE
OWNERS,
AND
PROVIDING
PENALTIES.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
478.34
Electric
transmission
emergency
planning
and
coordination.
1.
For
purposes
of
this
section:
a.
“Electric
transmission
line”
means
a
high-voltage
electric
transmission
line
with
a
capacity
of
two
hundred
kilovolts
or
more
that
has
been
approved
for
construction
on
or
after
July
1,
2022,
for
construction
in
a
federally
registered
House
File
2583,
p.
2
planning
authority
transmission
plan
with
costs
allocated
regionally.
b.
“Electric
transmission
line
owner”
means
an
individual
or
entity
that
owns
and
maintains
an
electric
transmission
line.
c.
“Proclaimed
disaster
emergency”
means
a
state
of
disaster
emergency
proclaimed
by
the
governor
pursuant
to
section
29C.6.
2.
a.
An
electric
transmission
line
owner
shall
independently
develop
an
emergency
response
plan
and
submit
the
plan
to
the
commission.
The
plan
shall
contain
at
least
all
of
the
following
information:
(1)
The
name,
title,
and
twenty-four-hour
contact
information
of
at
least
two
designated
individuals
with
the
authority
to
coordinate
and
direct
the
electric
transmission
line
owner’s
emergency
response
and
restoration
efforts.
Each
electric
transmission
line
owner
shall
notify
the
commission
of
any
change
to
this
contact
information
within
twenty-four
hours
of
the
change
occurring.
(2)
Procedures
for
notifying
state
and
local
emergency
management
agencies
and
neighboring
utilities
during
a
service
interruption.
(3)
Strategies
for
the
staging
and
mobilization
of
personnel,
equipment,
and
materials
for
expeditious
restoration.
(4)
A
summary
of
mutual
aid
arrangements
with
other
entities
for
supplemental
repair
crews
and
equipment.
(5)
A
methodology
for
prioritizing
the
restoration
of
service
to
essential
facilities,
including
hospitals,
water
treatment
plants,
and
public
safety
communications.
b.
An
electric
transmission
line
owner
currently
constructing,
operating,
or
maintaining
an
electric
transmission
line
or
who
has
been
issued
a
franchise
under
section
478.4
shall
submit
an
initial
emergency
response
plan
to
the
commission
by
December
31,
2026.
Updated
plans
shall
be
submitted
annually
thereafter,
or
within
thirty
days
of
a
material
change,
in
the
form
and
manner
prescribed
by
the
commission.
An
electric
transmission
line
owner
who
seeks
to
construct
an
electric
transmission
line,
and
who
has
not
previously
filed
an
emergency
response
plan
with
the
commission,
shall
file
an
initial
emergency
response
plan
House
File
2583,
p.
3
with
the
commission
within
ninety
days
after
the
filing
of
a
petition
under
section
478.2.
c.
An
emergency
response
plan
or
information
submitted
pursuant
to
this
section
shall
be
considered
a
confidential
record
and
shall
be
kept
confidential,
as
provided
in
section
22.7,
subsection
50.
The
records
shall
not
be
subject
to
disclosure,
except
as
necessary
for
the
coordination
of
emergency
response
and
restoration
efforts
between
authorized
state
and
utility
personnel.
3.
a.
An
electric
transmission
line
owner
shall
notify
the
commission
in
the
form
and
manner
prescribed
by
the
commission
when
it
is
projected,
after
an
initial
assessment
of
the
nature
and
scope
of
the
damage
to
the
transmission
line
and
initial
information
from
any
impacted
utility
providing
electricity
to
end
user
customers,
that
an
outage
may
result
in
a
loss
of
service
to
end
user
customers
for
more
than
six
hours,
provided
the
outage
meets
the
criteria
for
a
significant
interruption,
as
defined
by
commission
rule.
Notification
shall
be
made
at
the
earliest
possible
time
after
the
determination
and
shall
include
all
of
the
following:
(1)
The
general
nature
and
cause
of
the
interruption.
(2)
The
geographic
area
of
the
affected
end
user
customers
and
the
impacted
franchise.
(3)
A
preliminary
assessment
of
the
extent
of
damage.
(4)
The
estimated
time
for
restoration.
b.
The
notice
required
under
paragraph
“a”
shall
be
supplemented
as
more
complete
or
accurate
information
becomes
available,
including
updates
to
the
estimated
restoration
time.
4.
In
the
event
of
an
actual
or
imminent
proclaimed
disaster
emergency,
the
electric
transmission
line
owners
shall
coordinate
operational
responses
with
each
other,
as
necessary,
for
repair
and
restoration
to
occur
in
an
expeditious
and
orderly
manner,
and
shall
provide
the
commission
and
the
department
of
homeland
security
and
emergency
management
with
information
as
requested
to
facilitate
state-level
emergency
response
decision
making
and
assistance.
5.
An
electric
transmission
line
owner
that
violates
any
provision
of
this
section
or
any
rule
adopted
pursuant
to
this
section
is
subject
to
a
civil
penalty,
which
may
be
levied
House
File
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p.
4
by
the
commission,
of
not
more
than
one
thousand
dollars
per
violation
or
ten
thousand
dollars
per
day
of
a
continuing
violation,
whichever
is
greater.
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
AMY
SINCLAIR
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
2583,
Ninety-first
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN
NELSON
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2026
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor