House
File
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
334
BY
WAGNER
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
expanding
the
definition
of
alternate
energy
production
1
facility
for
purposes
of
compliance
with
electric
utility
2
rate
regulation
requirements.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
4
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Section
1.
Section
476.42,
subsection
1,
paragraph
a,
Code
1
2011,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
a.
A
solar,
wind
turbine,
waste
management,
resource
3
recovery,
refuse-derived
fuel,
agricultural
crops
or
residues,
4
or
woodburning
facility.
For
purposes
of
this
definition
only,
5
“waste
management”
includes
a
facility
using
plasma
gasification
6
to
produce
synthetic
gas,
either
as
a
stand-alone
fuel
or
for
7
blending
with
natural
gas,
the
output
of
which
is
used
to
8
generate
electricity
or
steam.
For
purposes
of
this
definition
9
only,
“plasma
gasification”
means
the
thermal
dissociation
10
of
carbonaceous
material
into
fragments
of
compounds
in
an
11
oxygen-starved
environment.
12
EXPLANATION
13
This
bill
expands
the
definition
of
an
“alternate
energy
14
production
facility”
for
purposes
of
compliance
with
electric
15
utility
rate
regulation
requirements.
16
Provisions
contained
in
Code
sections
476.43
and
476.44
17
require
electric
utilities
to
either
own
alternate
energy
18
production
facilities
or
small
hydro
facilities
located
19
in
Iowa
or
enter
into
long-term
contracts
to
purchase
or
20
wheel
electricity
from
such
facilities,
or
provide
for
the
21
availability
of
supplemental
or
backup
power
to
such
facilities
22
on
a
nondiscriminatory
basis
and
at
just
and
reasonable
rates.
23
Currently,
the
applicable
definition
of
“alternate
energy
24
production
facility”
in
Code
section
476.42
references
25
solar,
wind
turbine,
waste
management,
resource
recovery,
26
refuse-derived
fuel,
agricultural
crops
or
residues,
or
27
woodburning
facilities.
The
bill
specifies
that
for
purposes
28
of
this
definition
only,
“waste
management”
includes
a
facility
29
using
plasma
gasification
to
produce
synthetic
gas,
either
30
as
a
stand-alone
fuel
or
for
blending
with
natural
gas,
the
31
output
of
which
is
used
to
generate
electricity
or
steam,
and
32
that
“plasma
gasification”
means
the
thermal
dissociation
33
of
carbonaceous
material
into
fragments
of
compounds
in
an
34
oxygen-starved
environment.
35
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