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House Journal: Page 1215: Tuesday, April 4, 1995

41     6.  This section does not require an electric
42   utility to construct additional facilities unless
43   those facilities are paid for by the owner or operator
44   of the affected alternate energy production facility
45   or small hydro facility methane-producing sanitary
46   landfill.
47     7.  For purposes of this section, "methane-
48   producing sanitary landfill" means any electric
49   generating facility fueled by methane extracted from a
50   sanitary landfill.

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 1     Sec. ___.  NEW SECTION.  476.43A  RATES FOR
 2   ALTERNATE ENERGY PRODUCTION FACILITIES OR SMALL HYDRO
 3   FACILITIES.
 4     1.  The board shall require electric utilities to
 5   enter into long-term contracts to purchase electric
 6   energy from alternate energy production facilities or
 7   small hydro facilities.
 8     2.  The rates for purchases under this section
 9   shall not exceed the incremental costs to the electric
10   utility of alternative electric energy.  For purposes
11   of this section "incremental cost" means the cost to
12   the electric utility of the electric energy which, but
13   for the purchase from the alternate energy production
14   facility or small hydro facility, the electric utility
15   would have generated or purchased from another source.
16     3.  In the case of a utility that purchases all or
17   substantially all of its electricity requirements, the
18   rates established under this section must be based on
19   the electric utility's current purchased power costs.
20     4.  In lieu of the other procedures provided by
21   this section, an electric utility and an owner or
22   operator of an alternate energy production facility or
23   small hydro facility may enter into a long-term
24   contract in accordance with subsection 1 and may agree
25   to rates for purchase and sale transactions.  A
26   contract entered into under this subsection must be
27   filed with the board in the manner provided for
28   tariffs under section 476.4.
29     5.  This section does not require an electric
30   utility to construct additional facilities unless
31   those facilities are paid for by the owner or operator
32   of the affected alternate energy production facility
33   or small hydro facility."
34     5.  Page 1, by striking lines 31 and 32 and
35   inserting the following:
36     "Sec. ___.  Notwithstanding the provisions of this
37   Act, the Iowa".
38     6.  By renumbering as necessary.
McCoy of Polk offered the following amendment H-3717, to
amendment H-3710,  filed by him from the floor and moved its
adoption:

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