It is a quasi-judicial tribunal, which regulates services and rates of electric, natural gas, water and telecommunication providers, as well as all pipelines and transmission lines in the U.S. state of Iowa and has existed with its present name since 1986.
[1] It was only in 1963 that the regulation of rates and services of all public utility companies (electricity, natural gas, water and telecommunications) became Iowa State Commerce Commission tasks.
[3] In June 2024, the IUB approved the controversial Summit pipeline including eminent domain to force non cooperative landowners.
In addition it has various connected authorities like resolving disputes and dealing with complaints, enforcing safety as far as engineering standards go.
[9] In 2017, there was a petition to remove Lozier because of connections to Energy Transfer Partners during the time when the Dakota Access pipeline was being deliberated.