Senate
File
2195
H-8175
Amend
the
amendment,
H-8151,
to
Senate
File
2195,
as
1
passed
by
the
Senate,
as
follows:
2
1.
Page
1,
before
line
5
by
inserting:
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<
Sec.
___.
Section
8A.321,
Code
2014,
is
amended
by
4
adding
the
following
new
subsection:
5
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
15.
a.
Contract
with
an
6
independent
engineer
to
conduct
an
analysis
regarding
7
the
performance
of
solar
panels
installed
at
the
8
energy-efficient
building
constructed
pursuant
to
9
section
476.10B.
The
analysis
shall
be
conducted
on
10
an
annual
basis
commencing
on
December
31
of
the
year
11
following
a
full
year
of
solar
panel
operation
and
12
December
31
each
year
thereafter,
and
shall
continue
13
until
the
panels
are
removed
from
service.
A
report
14
summarizing
the
annual
analysis
shall
be
submitted
to
15
the
general
assembly
by
March
31
following
each
annual
16
analysis
period.
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b.
The
annual
analysis
shall
include
or
encompass
18
the
following
factors:
19
(1)
The
total
actual
cost
to
acquire,
install,
20
test,
and
commission
the
installation
project.
21
(2)
The
total
operating
and
maintenance
costs
22
incurred,
including
but
not
limited
to
internal
23
and
external
labor,
repairs,
panel
cleaning,
and
24
replacement
parts.
25
(3)
The
actual
kilowatt
hours
of
26
alternating-current
generation
produced
by
the
project
27
and
the
associated
capacity
factor.
28
(4)
The
performance
ratio
for
the
project.
29
(5)
The
actual
project
availability.
30
(6)
The
sale
of
any
renewable
energy
credits
31
generated
by
the
project.
32
(7)
The
calculated
annual
degradation
rate
for
the
33
project.
34
(8)
The
alternating
current
output
in
comparison
35
to
solar
insolation.
36
(9)
The
actual
electricity
and
demand
charge
37
savings
resulting
from
the
project.
38
(10)
Financing
costs
incurred
to
support
the
39
project.
40
(11)
Estimated
project
decommissioning
costs,
net
41
of
any
expected
salvage
value.
42
(12)
The
projected
and
actual
internal
rate
43
of
return
and
payback
of
the
project
including
44
tax
impacts,
to
the
extent
applicable
over
the
45
twenty-five-year
period
following
installation.
46
c.
In
conducting
the
analysis,
each
of
the
factors
47
listed
in
paragraph
“b”
shall
be
compared
to
and
48
reconciled
with
the
pro
forma
document
developed
when
49
the
project
was
originally
proposed.
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d.
An
amount,
not
to
exceed
ten
thousand
dollars
1
annually,
shall
be
transferred
from
the
department
of
2
commerce
revolving
fund
created
in
section
546.12
to
3
the
department
of
administrative
services
for
purposes
4
of
conducting
the
analysis.
>
5
2.
By
renumbering
as
necessary.
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