266.39C - THE IOWA ENERGY CENTER.
266.39C THE IOWA ENERGY CENTER.
1. a. The Iowa energy center is established at Iowa state
university of science and technology. The center shall strive to
increase energy efficiency in all areas of Iowa energy use. The
center shall serve as a model for state efforts to decrease
dependence on imported fuels and to decrease reliance on energy
production from nonrenewable, resource-depleting fuels. The center
shall conduct and sponsor research on energy efficiency and
conservation that will improve the environmental, social, and
economic well-being of Iowans, minimize the environmental impact of
existing energy production and consumption, and reduce the need to
add new power plants.
b. The center shall assist Iowans in assessing technology
related to energy efficiency and alternative energy production
systems and shall support educational and demonstration programs that
encourage implementation of energy efficiency and alternative energy
production systems.
c. The center shall also conduct and sponsor research to
develop alternative energy systems that are based upon renewable
sources and that will reduce the negative environmental and economic
impact of energy production systems.
2. a. An advisory council is established consisting of the
following members:
(1) One person from Iowa state university of science and
technology, appointed by its president.
(2) One person from the university of Iowa, appointed by its
president.
(3) One person from the university of northern Iowa, appointed by
its president.
(4) One representative of private colleges and universities
within the state, to be nominated by the Iowa association of
independent colleges and universities, and appointed by the Iowa
coordinating council for post-high school education.
(5) One representative of community colleges, appointed by the
state board for community colleges.
(6) One representative of the office of energy independence,
appointed by the director.
(7) One representative of the state department of transportation,
appointed by the director.
(8) One representative of the office of consumer advocate,
appointed by the consumer advocate.
(9) One representative of the utilities board, appointed by the
utilities board.
(10) One representative of the rural electric cooperatives,
appointed by the governing body of the Iowa association of electric
cooperatives.
(11) One representative of municipal utilities, appointed by the
governing body of the Iowa association of municipal utilities.
(12) Two representatives from investor-owned utilities, one
representing gas utilities, appointed by the Iowa utility
association, and one representing electric utilities, appointed by
the Iowa utility association.
b. The terms of the members shall begin and end as provided
in section 69.19 and any vacancy shall be filled by the original
appointing authority. The terms shall be for four years and shall be
staggered as determined by the president of Iowa state university of
science and technology.
3. a. Iowa state university of science and technology shall
employ a director for the center, who shall be appointed by the
president of Iowa state university of science and technology. The
director of the center shall employ necessary research and support
staff. The director and staff shall be employees of Iowa state
university of science and technology. Funds appropriated to the
center shall be used to sponsor research grants and projects
submitted on a competitive basis by Iowa colleges and universities
and private nonprofit agencies and foundations, and for the salaries
and benefits of the employees of the center. The center may also
solicit additional grants and funding from public and private
nonprofit agencies and foundations.
b. The director shall prepare an annual report.
4. The advisory council shall provide the president of Iowa state
university of science and technology with a list of three candidates
from which the director shall be selected. The council shall provide
an additional list of three candidates if requested by the president.
The council shall advise the director in the development of a budget,
on the policies and procedures of the center, in the funding of
research grant proposals, and regarding program planning and review.
5. The Iowa energy center shall develop a program to provide
assistance to rural residents for energy efficiency efforts.
6. The Iowa energy center shall cooperate with the state board of
education in developing a curriculum which promotes energy efficiency
and conservation. Section History: Recent Form
90 Acts, ch 1252, §17; 91 Acts, ch 253, §13; 2000 Acts, ch 1223,
§30; 2002 Acts, ch 1109, §1, 2; 2002 Acts, ch 1162, §38; 2008 Acts,
ch 1126, §15, 33; 2009 Acts, ch 108, §12, 41
Referred to in § 469.3, 476.1A, 476.1B, 476.1C, 476.10A, 476.46,
478.29, 479.31, 479B.21
See also §476.10A, 476.46