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Des Moines to consider all-electric rule for property tax abatement

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Axios Des Moines: Des Moines would require residents and businesses looking to reduce property taxes through abatement to use all-electric energy under an idea the City Council will consider in coming months. It’s a critical step to help Des Moines achieve a goal to completely divorce itself from fossil fuel electricity by 2035, Councilperson Josh Mandelbaum told council members. But it could also increase construction costs and halt some future development, Dan Knoup, executive officer of the Home Builders Association of Des Moines told Axios.