473.1 Definitions.
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Alternative and renewable energy” means energy sources including but not limited to solar, wind turbine, waste management, resource recovery, recovered energy generation, refuse-derived fuel, hydroelectric, agricultural crops or residues, hydrogen produced using renewable fuel sources, and woodburning, or relating to renewable fuel development and distribution.
2. “Authority” means the economic development authority created in section 15.105.
3. “Director” means the director of the authority or a designee.
4. “Energy” or “energy sources” means gasoline, fuel oil, natural gas, propane, coal, special fuels, and electricity.
5. “Renewable fuel” means a fuel that is all of the following:
a. A motor vehicle fuel that is any of the following:
(1) Produced from grain; starch; oilseed; vegetable, animal, or fish materials, including but not limited to fats, greases, and oil; sugar components, grasses, or potatoes; or other biomass.
(2) Natural gas produced from a biogas source including but not limited to a landfill, sewage waste treatment plant, animal feeding operation, or other place where decaying organic material is found.
b. Used to replace or reduce the quantity of fossil fuel present in a motor fuel mixture used to operate a motor vehicle.
6. “Supplier” means any person engaged in the business of selling, importing, storing, or generating energy sources, alternative and renewable energy, or renewable fuel in Iowa.
[C75, 77, 79, 81, §93.1]
86 Acts, ch 1245, §1817 – 1819
C93, §473.1
2008 Acts, ch 1126, §18, 19, 33; 2009 Acts, ch 108, §26, 41; 2011 Acts, ch 118, §45 – 47, 89; 2012 Acts, ch 1021, §88; 2020 Acts, ch 1063, §260
Structure Iowa Code
Chapter 473 - ENERGY DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION
Section 473.3 - Energy resource management goal.
Section 473.7 - Duties of the authority.
Section 473.8 - Emergency powers.
Section 473.9 - Set-aside definitions.
Section 473.10 - Reserve required.
Section 473.11 - Energy conservation trust established — receipts and disbursements.
Section 473.12 - Implementation of energy conservation measures — state board of regents.
Section 473.13A - Energy management improvements identified and implemented.
Section 473.15 - Annual report.
Section 473.19 - Building energy management program.
Section 473.19A - Building energy management fund.
Section 473.20 - Energy loan program.
Section 473.20A - Self-liquidating financing.
Section 473.40 - Statewide building energy efficiency rating system.
Section 473.41 - Energy city designation program.
Section 473.42 - Exit signs — standards.
Section 473.44 - Plumbing products efficiency standards — penalty.