A bill for an act relating to a public utility’s ability to provide nonutility service and repair of residential heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems.

This bill allows Iowa public utilities with fewer than 250,000 customers to provide residential heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) repair and service under specific conditions. It requires these utilities to follow licensing rules and maintain records for nonutility services, while prohibiting the use of regulated-rate resources (like utility vehicles or staff paid through electricity/gas bills) for such work. The bill explicitly prevents utilities from selling HVAC equipment retail or using regulated resources for commercial HVAC installations. It affects smaller utilities directly by creating a limited pathway to offer residential HVAC services without violating cross-subsidization rules. Commercial HVAC work and equipment sales remain prohibited under this legislation.