Iowa Code Title XI. Natural Resources [Chs. 455-485] § 473.3. Energy resource management goal

1. The goal of this state is to efficiently utilize energy resources to enhance the economy of the state by decreasing the state's dependence on nonrenewable energy resources from outside the state and by reducing the amount of energy used. This goal is to be implemented through the development of policies and programs that promote energy efficiency, energy conservation, and alternative and renewable energy use by all Iowans, through the development and enhancement of an energy efficiency and alternative and renewable energy industry, through the commercialization of energy resources and technologies that are economically and environmentally viable, and through the development and implementation of effective public information and education programs.

2. State government shall be a model and testing ground for the use of energy efficiency, energy conservation, and alternative and renewable energy systems.