House File 535

                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  DANDEKAR


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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the definition of small hydro facilities for
  2    purposes of public utility regulation.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2844HH 80
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PAG LIN

  1  1    Section 1.  Section 476.42, subsection 4, paragraph c,
  1  2 unnumbered paragraph 2, Code 2003, is amended to read as
  1  3 follows:
  1  4    A facility which with a capacity of eighty megawatts or
  1  5 less or that is a qualifying facility under 18 C.F.R. part
  1  6 292, subpart B, is not precluded from being a small hydro
  1  7 facility under this division.
  1  8                           EXPLANATION
  1  9    This bill modifies the definition of "small hydro facility"
  1 10 in Code chapter 476, pertaining to utilities, and specifically
  1 11 in the portion of the chapter pertaining to alternate energy
  1 12 production facilities.
  1 13    Under Code section 476.42, a small hydro facility means a
  1 14 hydroelectric facility at a dam; the land, systems, or
  1 15 buildings necessary to the operation of the facility; or the
  1 16 related transmission or distribution facilities.
  1 17    Code section 476.42 contains an additional provision that
  1 18 federal qualifying facilities are not excluded from the small
  1 19 hydro facility definition.  To be considered a "qualifying
  1 20 facility" under federal law requires not only meeting certain
  1 21 definitional terms, but also the granting of a license, along
  1 22 with a number of specific findings regarding the facility.
  1 23 The bill adds an additional hydropower source that is not
  1 24 precluded from consideration as a small hydro facility under
  1 25 Code section 476.42.
  1 26 LSB 2844HH 80
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