Iowa Code 476A.12 – Rules
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Terms Used In Iowa Code 476A.12
- 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
The board shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A necessary to implement the provisions of this subchapter including but not limited to the promulgation of facility siting criteria, the form for an application for a certificate and an amendment to a certificate, the description of information to be furnished by the applicant, the determination of what constitutes a significant alteration to a facility, and the establishment of minimum guidelines for public participation in the proceeding.