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 exceed four three hundred fifty
  1  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 exceed one three hundred
  1 12 eighty thirty 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