Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 476.8 (2026)

Utility charges and service

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1. Every public utility is required to furnish reasonably adequate service and facilities. “Reasonably adequate service and facilities” for public utilities furnishing gas or electricity includes programs for customers to encourage the use of energy efficiency and renewable energy sources. The charge made by any public utility for any heat, light, gas, energy efficiency and renewable energy programs, water or power produced, transmitted, delivered or furnished, sanitary sewage or storm water collected and treated, or communications services, or for any service rendered or to be rendered in connection therewith shall be reasonable and just, and every unjust or unreasonable charge for such service is prohibited and declared unlawful. In determining reasonable and just rates, the commission shall\n\nTue Dec 09 22:08:33 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 476 (110, 2) §476.8, PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION 18\n\nconsider all factors relating to value and shall not be bound by rate base decisions or rulings made prior to the adoption of this chapter.

2. The commission, in determining the value of materials or services to be included in valuations or costs of operations for rate-making purposes, may disallow any unreasonable profit made in the sale of materials to or services supplied for any public utility by any firm or corporation owned or controlled directly or indirectly by such utility or any affiliate, subsidiary, parent company, associate or any corporation whose controlling stockholders are also controlling stockholders of such utility. The burden of proof shall be on the public utility to prove that no unreasonable profit is made. [C66, 71, 73, 75, §490A.8; C77, 79, 81, §476.8] 83 Acts, ch 127, §27; 90 Acts, ch 1252, §28; 2016 Acts, ch 1013, §3; 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §369 Referred to in §476.2 \n

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 12 cases, 1979–2014 · leading case: Qwest Corp. v. Iowa State Bd. of Tax Review, 829 N.W.2d 550 (Iowa 2013).

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Qwest Corp. v. Iowa State Bd. of Tax Review, 829 N.W.2d 550 (Iowa 2013). · cites it 4× “286, § 1 (current version at Iowa Code § 476.8 (2013)). Under this system of regulation, the incumbent carrier essentially received a guarantee that its costs plus a reasonable rate of return would be covered by the tariffs paid by Iowa customers, so long as the company’s costs…”

Sz Enter., LLC D/B/A Eagle Point Solar v. Iowa Utils. Bd., a Div. of the Dep't of Com., State of Iowa, 850 N.W.2d 441 (Iowa 2014). · cites it 4× “Further, Iowa Code section 476.8 requires regulated electric utilities to provide reasonably adequate service, and such service must “include[] programs for customers to encourage the use of energy efficiency and renewable energy sources.”

Off. of Consum. Advocate v. Iowa State Com. Comm'n, 432 N.W.2d 148 (Iowa 1988). · cites it 6× “, Iowa Code § 476.8 (1985) (rates for electricity and gas “shall be reasonable and just”), and the burden of proving that the rates are reasonable and just is on the utility company.”

Off. of Consum. Advocate v. Iowa State Com. Comm'n, 428 N.W.2d 302 (Iowa 1988). · cites it 12× “85 multiplier was unreasonable and unjust under Iowa Code section 476.8 (1987). The district court upheld the Commission’s ruling.”

Nw. Bell Tel. Co. v. Iowa State Com. Comm'n, 359 N.W.2d 491 (Iowa 1984). · cites it 4× “See Iowa Code § 476.8 (“The burden of proof shall be on the public utility to prove that no unreasonable profit is made.”

Iowa Planners Network v. Iowa State Com. Comm'n, 373 N.W.2d 106 (Iowa 1985). · cites it 4× “So long as the commission satisfies its statutory obligation to set “just and reasonable rates”, see Iowa Code § 476.8 (1981), the commission is not compelled to use any particular method to ascertain the rate base.”

Iowa S. Utils. Co. v. Iowa State Com. Comm'n, 372 N.W.2d 274 (Iowa 1985). · cites it 2× “In addition, section 476.8 states: The charge made by any public utility .”

Equal Access Corp. v. Utils. Bd., Utils. Div., Iowa Dep't of Com., 510 N.W.2d 147 (Iowa 1993). · cites it 2× “He relies on Iowa Code section 476.8, which provides: The charge made by any public utility for .”

Off. of Consum. Advocate v. Iowa State Com. Comm'n, 419 N.W.2d 373 (Iowa 1988). · cites it 2× “So long as the commission satisfies its statutory obligation under Iowa Code section 476.8 to set “reasonable and just rates,” it is not required to use any particular method to ascertain the rate base.”

Gen. Tel. Co. of the Midwest v. Iowa State Com. Comm'n, 275 N.W.2d 364 (Iowa 1979). “The burden remains the same under § 476.8, The Code, 1977. On January 4, 1974, chapter 490A was renumbered by the code editor as chapter 476.”

City of Des Moines v. Iowa State Com. Comm'n, 285 N.W.2d 12 (Iowa 1979). “” § 476.8, The Code 1977; see Davenport Water Company v.”

Nw. Bell Tel. Co. v. Iowa State Com. Comm'n, 419 N.W.2d 712 (Iowa 1988). · cites it 2× “The commission argues that the issue is merely one of selection between alternative methods of calculating CPE removal and that the final choice is a matter of regulatory expertise entrusted to the commission by the “reasonable and just” standard of Iowa Code section 476.”

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