Iowa Code 476B.1 – Definitions
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For purposes of this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Board” means the utilities board within the utilities division of the department of commerce.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 476B.1
- Department: means the department of natural resources. See Iowa Code 462A.2
- 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
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
- Use: means to operate, navigate, or employ a vessel. See Iowa Code 462A.2
2. “Department” means the department of revenue.
3. “Qualified electricity” means electricity produced from wind at a qualified facility.
4. “Qualified facility” means an electrical production facility that meets all of the following:
a. Produces electricity from wind.
b. Is located in Iowa.
c. Was originally placed in service on or after July 1, 2005, but before July 1, 2012.
d. (1) For applications filed on or after March 1, 2008, consists of one or more wind turbines connected to a common gathering line which have a combined nameplate capacity of no less than two megawatts and no more than thirty megawatts.
(2) For applications filed on or after July 1, 2009, by a private college or university, community college, institution under the control of the state board of regents, public or accredited nonpublic elementary and secondary school, or public hospital, for the applicant’s own use of qualified electricity, consists of wind turbines with a combined nameplate capacity of three-fourths of a megawatt or greater. For the purposes of this subparagraph, “public hospital” means a hospital licensed pursuant to chapter 135B and governed pursuant to chapter 145A, 226, 347, 347A, or 392.