476A.2 Certificate required.
1. Commencing January 1, 1977, a person shall not commence to construct a facility except as provided in section 476A.9 unless a certificate for the facility has been issued by the board. This subchapter shall not apply to persons who prior to July 1, 1976:
a. Have acquired a site for a facility; and,
b. Have publicly announced the intention to construct a facility; and,
c. Have let contracts for major components of a facility.
2. Any significant alteration, as determined by the board, in the location, construction, maintenance, or operation of a facility whether constructed before or after July 1, 1976, shall require an application for an amendment to a certificate or a certificate, whichever is appropriate. “Significant alteration” shall include but shall not be limited to a change in the type of fuel used by the major electric generating facility.
3. Any person required to obtain a certificate or an amendment to a certificate shall construct, operate and maintain the facility according to the terms of the certificate and any amendments to the certificate. A certificate shall only be issued pursuant to this subchapter.
4. This subchapter shall not apply to an electric power generating plant, or combination of plants at a single site, with a total capacity of more than twenty-five but less than one hundred megawatts of electricity if the owner or operator prior to January 1, 1990, has met all of the following conditions:
a. Acquired a site for the facility.
b. Publicly announced the intention to construct a facility at that site.
c. Let contracts for major components of the facility.
[C77, 79, 81, §476A.2]
90 Acts, ch 1252, §42;
2001 Acts, 1st Ex, ch 4, §35, 36
Structure Iowa Code
Chapter 476A - ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION AND TRANSMISSION
Section 476A.2 - Certificate required.
Section 476A.3 - Application submitted — review.
Section 476A.4 - Hearing scheduled — notice.
Section 476A.5 - Proceeding — role of regulatory agencies and local authorities.
Section 476A.6 - Decision — criteria.
Section 476A.7 - Issuance of certificate — effect.
Section 476A.8 - Further approvals prohibited — exception.
Section 476A.9 - Advance site preparation.
Section 476A.10 - Costs of proceeding.
Section 476A.11 - Single hearing — judicial review.
Section 476A.13 - Staff assistance — federal preemption.
Section 476A.20 - Definitions.
Section 476A.21 - Electric power agency — general authority.
Section 476A.22 - Electric power agency — authority — conflicting provisions.
Section 476A.23 - Issuance of public bonds or obligations — purposes — limitations.
Section 476A.25 - Public bonds or obligations payable solely from agency revenues or funds.
Section 476A.26 - Public bonds or obligations — types — sources for payment — security.
Section 476A.28 - Public bonds or obligations to be negotiable.
Section 476A.29 - Validity of public bonds or obligations at delivery — temporary bonds.
Section 476A.30 - Public or private sale of bonds and obligations.
Section 476A.33 - Mortgage or trust deed to secure bonds.
Section 476A.34 - No personal liability on public bonds or obligations.