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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.
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3 11 SF 2221.302 76
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