Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 17A:
 1. Any proceeding or oral presentation held on an application for a certificate or an amendment to a certificate shall be held in lieu of any other proceeding or oral presentation required for a license or permit necessary for the construction, maintenance or operation of a facility.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 476A.11

  • Agency: means an agency as defined in section 17A. See Iowa Code 476A.1
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Board: means the utilities board within the utilities division of the department of commerce. See Iowa Code 476A.1
  • Certificate: means a certificate of public convenience, use and necessity issued pursuant to section 476A. See Iowa Code 476A.1
  • Facility: means any electric power generating plant or a combination of plants at a single site, owned by any person, with a total capacity of twenty-five megawatts of electricity or more and those associated transmission lines connecting the generating plant to either a power transmission system or an interconnected primary transmission system or both. See Iowa Code 476A.1
 2. The decision of the board shall be considered a single agency action. The agency action shall be subject to judicial review in the manner provided in chapter 17A.
 3. Only parties to the proceeding before the board may seek judicial review of the final order of the board.
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