HOUSE FILE _____

BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE BILL BY CHAIRPERSON SODERBERG)

A BILL FOR

An Act requiring advance notification to utilities by the owner of an alternative energy production facility of construction or installation of the facility.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  476.6A  Alternative energy production facilities —— notification requirements.
   No later than thirty days prior to commencement of the construction or installation of an alternative energy production facility, as defined in section 476.42, the owner of the facility shall provide written notice to the electric public utility within whose service territory the facility is located of the owner’s intent to construct or install the facility, the type of facility to be constructed or installed, and the date that the facility is anticipated to commence operation. 
EXPLANATION
   This bill requires the owner of an alternative energy production facility, as defined in Code section 476.42, to provide written notice no later than 30 days prior to commencement of the construction or installation of the facility to the electric public utility within whose service territory the facility is located. The notice shall include the fact that the facility is being constructed or installed, the type of facility to be constructed or installed, and the date that the facility is anticipated to commence operation.