House Study Bill 57 HOUSE FILE BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION BILL BY CHAIRPERSON OLSON) Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act modifying the maximum amount of nameplate generating 2 capacity for all facilities qualifying for wind energy 3 production and renewable energy tax credits. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 1649YC 83 6 rn/mg/8 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 476B.5, subsection 4, Code 2009, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 4. The maximum amount of nameplate generating capacity of 1 4 all qualified facilities the board may find eligible under 1 5 this chapter shall not exceedfourthree hundredfifty1 6 megawatts of nameplate generating capacity. 1 7 Sec. 2. Section 476C.3, subsection 4, Code 2009, is 1 8 amended to read as follows: 1 9 4. The maximum amount of nameplate generating capacity of 1 10 all wind energy conversion facilities the board may find 1 11 eligible under this chapter shall not exceedonethree hundred 1 12eightythirty megawatts of nameplate generating capacity. The 1 13 maximum amount of energy production capacity equivalent of all 1 14 other facilities the board may find eligible under this 1 15 chapter shall not exceed a combined output of twenty megawatts 1 16 of nameplate generating capacity and one hundred sixty=seven 1 17 billion British thermal units of heat for a commercial 1 18 purpose. Of the maximum amount of energy production capacity 1 19 equivalent of all other facilities found eligible under this 1 20 chapter, fifty=five billion British thermal units of heat for 1 21 a commercial purpose shall be reserved for an eligible 1 22 facility that is a refuse conversion facility for processed, 1 23 engineered fuel from a multicounty solid waste management 1 24 planning area. The maximum amount of energy production 1 25 capacity the board may find eligible for a single refuse 1 26 conversion facility is fifty=five billion British thermal 1 27 units of heat for a commercial purpose. 1 28 EXPLANATION 1 29 This bill modifies maximum limitations currently in place 1 30 regarding the maximum aggregate amount of nameplate generating 1 31 capacity for all facilities qualifying for the wind energy 1 32 production tax credit in Code chapter 476B, and the renewable 1 33 energy tax credit in Code chapter 476C. The maximum limits 1 34 are currently 450 megawatts and 180 megawatts of nameplate 1 35 generating capacity, respectively. The bill changes these 2 1 maximums to 300 megawatts and 330 megawatts, respectively. 2 2 LSB 1649YC 83 2 3 rn/mg/8