House Journal: Page 1022: Monday, April 2, 2001
16 2. a. An electric utility subject to this
17 division, except a utility which that elects rate
18 regulation pursuant to section 476.1A, shall not be
19 required to purchase, at any one time, more than its
20 scheduled percentage share of one hundred five
21 megawatts of power its Iowa retail load from
22 alternative energy production facilities or small
23 hydro facilities at the rates established pursuant to
24 section 476.43. The board shall allocate the one
25 hundred five megawatts make the allocations based upon
26 each utility's percentage of the total Iowa retail
27 peak demand, for the each year, beginning January 1,
28 1990, of all utilities subject to this section, based
29 on the following schedule:
30 (1) Until January 1, 2006, two percent.
31 (2) Beginning January 1, 2006, four percent.
32 (3) Beginning January 1, 2009, six percent.
33 (4) Beginning January 1, 2011, eight percent.
34 (5) Beginning January 1, 2013, ten percent.
35 (6) Beginning January 1, 2015, twelve percent.
36 (7) Beginning January 1, 2017, fourteen percent.
37 (8) Beginning January 1, 2019, sixteen percent.
38 (9) Beginning January 1, 2021, twenty percent.
39 b. If a utility undergoes reorganization as
40 defined in section 476.76, the board shall combine the
41 allocated purchases of power for each utility involved
42 in the reorganization.
43 c. Notwithstanding the one hundred five megawatt
44 current applicable maximum, the board may increase the
45 amount of power that a utility is required to purchase
46 at the rates established pursuant to section 476.43 if
47 the board finds that a utility, including a
48 reorganized utility, exceeds its 1990 previous Iowa
49 retail peak demand level by twenty percent, and the
50 additional power the utility is required to purchase
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1 will encourage the development of alternate energy
2 production facilities and small hydro facilities. The
3 increase shall not exceed the utility's increase in
4 peak demand multiplied by the ratio of the utility's
5 share of the one hundred five megawatt current
6 scheduled maximum to its 1990 Iowa retail peak
7 demand."
8 4. Title page, line 1 by striking the word
9 "power" and inserting the following: "power,
10 including".
11 5. Title page, line 11, by inserting after the
12 word "agencies;" the following: "addressing energy
13 conservation and energy efficiency programs;
14 addressing the alternative energy production
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