As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
 1. “Alternative and renewable energy” means energy sources including but not limited to solar, wind turbine, waste management, resource recovery, recovered energy generation, refuse-derived fuel, hydroelectric, agricultural crops or residues, hydrogen produced using renewable fuel sources, and woodburning, or relating to renewable fuel development and distribution.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 473.1

  • Alternative and renewable energy: means energy sources including but not limited to solar, wind turbine, waste management, resource recovery, recovered energy generation, refuse-derived fuel, hydroelectric, agricultural crops or residues, hydrogen produced using renewable fuel sources, and woodburning, or relating to renewable fuel development and distribution. See Iowa Code 473.1
  • Authority: means the economic development authority created in section 15. See Iowa Code 473.1
  • Director: means the director of the authority or a designee. See Iowa Code 473.1
  • energy sources: means gasoline, fuel oil, natural gas, propane, coal, special fuels, and electricity. See Iowa Code 473.1
  • following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Operate: means to navigate or otherwise use a vessel or motorboat. See Iowa Code 462A.2
  • Person: means an individual, partnership, firm, corporation, or association. See Iowa Code 462A.2
  • Renewable fuel: means a fuel that is all of the following:
     a. See Iowa Code 473.1
 2. “Authority” means the economic development authority created in section 15.105.
 3. “Director” means the director of the authority or a designee.
 4. “Energy” or “energy sources” means gasoline, fuel oil, natural gas, propane, coal, special fuels, and electricity.
 5. “Renewable fuel” means a fuel that is all of the following:

 a. A motor vehicle fuel that is any of the following:

 (1) Produced from grain; starch; oilseed; vegetable, animal, or fish materials, including but not limited to fats, greases, and oil; sugar components, grasses, or potatoes; or other biomass.
 (2) Natural gas produced from a biogas source including but not limited to a landfill, sewage waste treatment plant, animal feeding operation, or other place where decaying organic material is found.
 b. Used to replace or reduce the quantity of fossil fuel present in a motor fuel mixture used to operate a motor vehicle.
 6. “Supplier” means any person engaged in the business of selling, importing, storing, or generating energy sources, alternative and renewable energy, or renewable fuel in Iowa.
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