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PAG LIN 1 1 Amend the amendment, S-5151, to Senate File 2221 as 1 2 follows: 1 3 #1. Page 1, by inserting after line 34 the 1 4 following: 1 5 "Sec. . Section 476.6, Code 1995, is amended by 1 6 adding the following new subsection: 1 7 NEW SUBSECTION. 22. ALTERNATE ENERGY PROMOTIONAL 1 8 RATES. The board shall require that electric 1 9 utilities offer to their customers the opportunity to 1 10 pay, on a voluntary basis, an alternate energy 1 11 promotional rate. This rate shall exceed the rate for 1 12 electricity otherwise payable and shall be designed 1 13 and encouraged by the electric utility to maximize 1 14 voluntary financial support for alternate energy 1 15 production. The alternate energy promotional rate 1 16 shall be filed as a tariff with the board pursuant to 1 17 section 476.4. Retaining only amounts approved by the 1 18 board for its administrative and marketing costs, the 1 19 electric utility shall remit that portion of the 1 20 electric rate attributable to the alternate energy 1 21 promotional rate to the Iowa energy center to be used 1 22 solely for providing grants to nonprofit agencies for 1 23 alternate energy production." 1 24 #2. Page 1, by inserting after line 42 the 1 25 following: 1 26 "Sec. . Section 476.42, subsection 4, paragraph 1 27 a, Code 1995, is amended to read as follows: 1 28 a. A hydroelectric facility at a dam located 1 29 within this state." 1 30 #3. Page 2, line 25, by striking the word "may" 1 31 and inserting the following: "shall". 1 32 #4. Page 2, line 36, by inserting after the word 1 33 "including" the following: ", but not limited to,". 1 34 #5. Page 2, line 40, by inserting after the word 1 35 and figure "subsection 1" the following: "or which 1 36 obstructs the policy of this state as stated in 1 37 section 476.41". 1 38 #6. Page 2, line 42, by striking the word "amount" 1 39 and inserting the following: "total project capital 1 40 cost". 1 41 #7. Page 3, line 22, by inserting after the word 1 42 "true" the following: "long-term". 1 43 #8. Page 3, line 40, by inserting after the figure 1 44 "476.43" the following: "and pursuant to timelines 1 45 established under paragraph "c". For purposes of this 1 46 section, "megawatt" shall be determined in accordance 1 47 with a utility's average capacity. "Average capacity" 1 48 means a utility's total output over a year divided by 1 49 the number of hours in the year." 1 50 #9. Page 4, line 19, by inserting after the word 2 1 "technologies." the following: "Of the eighty-five 2 2 percent, thirty percent shall be purchased in 2 3 accordance with the following: 2 4 (1) At least ten percent shall be from dedicated 2 5 energy crops grown within the state, fifty percent of 2 6 which shall be from projects of five hundred kilowatts 2 7 or less. 2 8 (2) At least ten percent shall be from 2 9 agricultural wastes produced from agricultural crops 2 10 grown within the state, fifty percent of which shall 2 11 be from projects of five hundred kilowatts or less. 2 12 (3) At least ten percent shall be from small scale 2 13 wind generation projects located within the state of 2 14 two hundred fifty kilowatts or less. 2 15 c. By December 31, 1997, the board shall require 2 16 an electric utility to enter into contracts for the 2 17 purchase of the utility's allotted share of eighty- 2 18 nine megawatts of electricity generated from alternate 2 19 energy production facilities, and by July 1, 1999, the 2 20 board shall require the utility to enter into 2 21 contracts for the purchase of the utility's allotted 2 22 share of an additional one hundred five megawatts." 2 23 #10. Page 4, line 23, by inserting after the word 2 24 "TRUE" the following: "LONG-TERM". 2 25 #11. Page 4, line 26, by inserting after the word 2 26 "true" the following: "long-term". 2 27 #12. Page 4, line 31, by inserting after the word 2 28 "true" the following: "long-term". 2 29 #13. Page 4, line 32, by inserting before the word 2 30 "economic" the following: "long-term". 2 31 #14. Page 4, line 34, by striking the words 2 32 "environmental impacts" and inserting the following: 2 33 "long-term environmental impacts and costs". 2 34 #15. Page 4, line 36, by inserting after the word 2 35 "true" the following: "long-term". 2 36 #16. Page 4, line 45, by inserting after the word 2 37 "Act." the following: "In addition, this Act shall 2 38 not affect potential contracts between alternate 2 39 energy production facilities and electric utilities if 2 40 a petition relating to the potential contracts has 2 41 been filed by January 1, 1996, and an action is 2 42 currently pending before the Iowa utilities board. 2 43 For purposes of the pending actions, the Iowa 2 44 utilities board shall not take into account the 2 45 changes contained in this Act." 2 46 #17. Page 4, by inserting after line 45 the 2 47 following: 2 48 "Sec. . It is the intent of the general 2 49 assembly that persons who have proceeded in good faith 2 50 under the terms and conditions of sections 476.43 and 3 1 476.44, prior to their amendment by this Act, not 3 2 suffer economic loss as a result of this Act. These 3 3 persons shall be reimbursed by the utilities for their 3 4 reasonable good faith development costs as determined 3 5 by the Iowa utilities board." 3 6 #18. By renumbering as necessary. 3 7 3 8 3 9 3 10 BILL FINK 3 11 SF 2221.302 76 3 12 js/cf
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