Text: H01320 Text: H01322 Text: H01300 - H01399 Text: H Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 Amend House File 577 as follows: 1 2 #1. By striking page 7, line 3 through page 8, 1 3 line 4 and inserting the following: 1 4 "3. The construction, maintenance, and operation 1 5 of the facility will cause minimum adverse land use, 1 6 environmental, and aesthetic impact and are consonant 1 7 with reasonable utilization of air, land and water 1 8 resources for beneficial purposes considering the best 1 9 available technology and the economics of the best 1 10 available alternatives. 1 11 4. The applicant, if a public utility as defined 1 12 in section 476.1, has in effect a comprehensive energy 1 13 management program designed to reduce peak loads and 1 14 to increase efficiency of use of energy by all classes 1 15 of customers of the utility, and the facility in the 1 16 application is necessary notwithstanding the existence 1 17 of the comprehensive energy management program. As 1 18 used in this subsection, a "comprehensive energy 1 19 management program" includes at a minimum the 1 20 following: 1 21 a. Establishment of load management and 1 22 interruptible service programs, where cost effective. 1 23 b. Development of wheeling agreements and other 1 24 energy sharing agreements, where cost effective with 1 25 utilities that have available capacity. 1 26 c. Establishment of cost-effective energy 1 27 efficiency and renewable energy services and programs. 1 28 d. Compliance with board rules on energy 1 29 management procedures. 1 30 5. The applicant, if a public utility as defined 1 31 in section 476.1, shall demonstrate to the board that 1 32 the utility has considered sources for long-term 1 33 electric supply from either purchase of electricity or 1 34 investment in facilities owned by other persons. 1 35 6. The applicant, if a public utility as defined 1 36 in section 476.1, has considered all feasible 1 37 alternatives to the proposed facility including 1 38 nongeneration alternatives; has ranked those 1 39 alternatives by cost; has implemented the least-cost 1 40 alternatives first; and the facility in the 1 41 application is necessary notwithstanding the 1 42 implementation of these alternatives." 1 43 1 44 1 45 1 46 WITT of Black Hawk 1 47 HF 577.514 79 1 48 jj/pj
Text: H01320 Text: H01322 Text: H01300 - H01399 Text: H Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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