Joint Response to Iowa Utilities Board Order

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The Iowa Business Energy Coalition, Facebook, and Google, collectively known as the Tech Customers, submitted a joint response to the Iowa Utilities Board's Order Granting Leave to File Comments issued on July 1, 2020. In their response, submitted on July 7, 2020, the parties reaffirm their previous positions on the Compliance Filing - Cost of Service and related motions. They express their appreciation for the Board's consideration but believe that further filings on the matters raised would be unbeneficial. The parties reserve the right to reply to any additional comments filed by MidAmerican or the Office of Consumer Advocate.

Key Takeaways:

  • The Iowa Business Energy Coalition, Facebook, and Google submitted a joint response to the Iowa Utilities Board on July 7, 2020.
  • The parties reaffirmed their positions on the Compliance Filing - Cost of Service, filed by MidAmerican on April 30, 2020.
  • The Tech Customers and the Office of Consumer Advocate filed multiple pleadings, including the Joint Motion for Technical Conference and Motion to Terminate Compliance Requirement.
  • The parties do not believe that further filings would be beneficial to the Board, but they reserve the right to reply to any additional comments.
  • On June 29, 2020, the Tech Customers and the Office of Consumer Advocate filed the Reply in Resistance to Motion to Terminate Triennial Cost of Service Filing and in Support of Joint Motion for Technical Conference.

Statistics:

  • 4 documents were filed by the parties in response to the Board's Order, including the Joint Motion for Technical Conference and the Motion to Terminate Compliance Requirement.
  • The first document was filed on April 30, 2020, and the last document was filed on June 29, 2020.
  • The total number of days between the first and last document filing is 30 days.
  • The facilitation and responses took a total of 7 filings by 3 dates between the 30th April and 29th June.

Sources:

  • STATE OF IOWA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE BEFORE THE IOWA UTILITIES BOARD IN RE: MIDAMERICAN ENERGY COMPANY DOCKET NO. RPU-2013-0004 JOINT RESPONSE TO BOARD ORDER OF JULY 1, 2020
  • Iowa Utilities Board, Order Granting Leave to File Comments, July 1, 2020
  • MidAmerican, Compliance Filing - Cost of Service, filed April 30, 2020
  • Facebook, Inc. and Google LLC, Joint Motion for Technical Conference, filed June 15, 2020
  • Iowa Business Energy Coalition, Motion to Terminate Compliance Requirement, filed June 18, 2020
  • Office of Consumer Advocate, Response to Joint Motion for Technical Conference, filed June 24, 2020
  • Facebook, Inc. and Google LLC, Reply in Resistance to Motion to Terminate Triennial Cost of Service Filing and in Support of Joint Motion for Technical Conference, filed June 29, 2020