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IA Code § 476.79 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 476 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION|Section 476.79 - Provision of nonutility service.

476.79 Provision of nonutility service.   1. A public utility providing any nonutility service to its customers shall keep and render to the board separate records of the nonutility service. The board may provide for the examination and inspection of the books, accounts, papers, and records of the nonutility service, as may be necessary, to enforce any provisions of this chapter.   2. The board shall adopt rules which specify the manner and form of the accounts relating to providing nonutility services which the public utility shall maintain.  89 Acts, ch 103, §10; 2014 Acts, ch 1099, §11  Referred to in §476.83
IA Code § 476.80 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 476 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION|Section 476.80 - Additional requirements.

476.80 Additional requirements.   A public utility which engages in a systematic marketing effort as defined by the board, other than on an incidental or casual basis, to promote the availability of nonutility service from the public utility shall make available at reasonable compensation on a nondiscriminatory basis to all persons engaged primarily in providing the same competitive nonutility services in that area all of the following services to the same extent utilized by the public utility in connection with its nonutility services:   1. Access to and use of the public utility’s customer lists.   2. Access to and use of the public utility’s billing and collection system.   3. Access to and use of the public utility’s mailing system.  89 Acts, ch 103, §11; 2014 Acts, ch 1099, §12  Referred to in §105.11, 476.81, 476.82, 476.83
IA Code § 476.81 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 476 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION|Section 476.81 - Audit required.

476.81 Audit required.   The board may periodically retain a nationally or regionally recognized independent auditing firm to conduct an audit of the nonutility services provided by a public utility subject to the provisions of section 476.80. A nonutility service audit shall not be conducted more frequently than every three years, unless ordered by the board for good cause. The cost of the audit shall be paid by the public utility to the independent auditing firm and shall be included in its regulated rates and charges, unless otherwise ordered by the board for good cause after providing the public utility the opportunity for a hearing on the board’s decision.  89 Acts, ch 103, §12; 2014 Acts, ch 1099, §13  Referred to in §476.82
IA Code § 476.82 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 476 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION|Section 476.82 - Exemption — energy efficiency.

476.82 Exemption — energy efficiency.   Notwithstanding any language to the contrary, nothing in this subchapter shall prohibit a public utility from participating in or conducting energy efficiency projects or programs established or approved by the board or required by statute. A public utility participating in or conducting energy efficiency projects or programs established or approved by the board or required by statute shall not be subject to the provisions of sections 476.80 and 476.81 for those energy efficiency projects or programs.  89 Acts, ch 103, §13; 2014 Acts, ch 1026, §143
IA Code § 476.83 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 476 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION|Section 476.83 - Complaints.

476.83 Complaints.   Any person may file a written complaint with the board requesting that the board determine compliance by a public utility with the provisions of section 476.78, 476.79, or 476.80, or any validly adopted rules to implement these sections. Upon the filing of a complaint, the board may promptly initiate a formal complaint proceeding and give notice of the proceeding and the opportunity for hearing. The formal complaint proceeding may be initiated at any time by the board on its own motion. The board shall render a decision in the proceeding within ninety days after the date the written complaint was filed, unless additional time is requested by the complainant.  89 Acts, ch 103, §14; 96 Acts, ch 1196, §13; 2014 Acts, ch 1099, §14
IA Code § 476.86 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 476 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION|Section 476.86 - Definitions.

476.86 Definitions.   As used in this section and section 476.87, unless the context otherwise requires:   1. “Aggregator” means a person who combines retail end users into a group and arranges for the acquisition of competitive natural gas services without taking title to those services.   2. a. “Competitive natural gas provider” means a person who takes title to natural gas and sells it for consumption by a retail end user in the state of Iowa. “Competitive natural gas provider” includes an affiliate of an Iowa gas utility.   b. “Competitive natural gas provider” does not include the following:   (1) A public utility which is subject to rate regulation under this chapter.   (2) A municipally owned utility which provides natural gas service within its incorporated area or within the municipal natural gas competitive service area, as defined in section 437A.3, subsection 22, paragraph “a”, subparagraph (1), in which the municipally owned utility is located.  99 Acts, ch 20, §2, 6; 99 Acts, ch 208, §57, 74; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §100
IA Code § 476.87 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 476 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION|Section 476.87 - Certification of competitive natural gas providers.

476.87 Certification of competitive natural gas providers.   1. The board shall certify all competitive natural gas providers and aggregators providing natural gas services in this state. In an application for certification, a competitive natural gas provider or aggregator must reasonably demonstrate managerial, technical, and financial capability sufficient to obtain and deliver the services such provider or aggregator proposes to offer. The board may establish reasonable conditions or restrictions on the certificate at the time of issuance. The board shall adopt rules to establish specific criteria for certification. The board shall make a determination on an application for certification within ninety days of its submission, unless the board determines that additional time is necessary to consider the application, in which case the board may extend the time for making a determination for an additional sixty days.   2. The board may resolve disputes involving the provision of natural gas services by a competitive natural gas provider or aggregator.   3. The board shall allocate the costs and expenses reasonably attributable to certification and dispute resolution in this section to persons identified as parties to such proceeding who are engaged in or who seek to engage in providing natural gas services or other persons identified as participants in such proceeding. The funds received for the costs and the expenses of certification and dispute resolution shall be remitted to the treasurer of state for deposit in the department of commerce revolving fund created in section 546.12 as provided in section 476.10.  99 Acts, ch 20, §3, 6; 2009 Acts, ch 181, §49  Referred to in §476.86
IA Code § 476.91 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 476 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION|Section 476.91 - Alternative operator services.

476.91 Alternative operator services.   1. Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:   a. “Alternative operator services company” means a nongovernmental company which receives more than half of its Iowa intrastate telecommunications services revenues from calls placed by end-user customers from telephones other than ordinary residence or business telephones. The definition is further limited to include only companies which provide operator assistance, either through live or automated intervention, on calls placed from other than ordinary residence or business telephones, and does not include services provided under contract to rate-regulated local exchange utilities.   b. “Contracting entity” means an entity providing telephones other than ordinary residence or business telephones for use by end-user customers which has contracted with an alternative operator services company to provide telecommunications services to those telephones.   c. “End-user customer” means a person who places a local or toll call.   d. “Other than ordinary residence or business telephones” means telephones other than the residence or business telephones of the customary users of the telephones, including but not limited to pay telephones and telephones in motel, hotel, hospital, and college dormitory rooms.   2. Jurisdiction. Notwithstanding any finding by the board that a service or facility is subject to competition and should be deregulated pursuant to section 476.1, all intrastate telecommunications services provided by alternative operator services companies to end-user customers, using other than ordinary residence or business telephones, are subject to the jurisdiction of the board and shall be rendered pursuant to tariffs approved by the board. Alternative operator services companies shall be subject to all requirements and sanctions provided in this chapter. Contracting entities shall be subject to the requirements of any board regulations concerning telecommunications services provided by alternative operator services companies.   3. Requirements. The board shall adopt and enforce requirements for the provision of services by alternative operator services companies and contracting entities.   4. Billing by local exchange utilities. Notwithstanding any finding by the board that a service or facility is subject to competition and should be deregulated pursuant to section 476.1, a regulated local exchange utility shall not perform billing and collection functions relating to regulated telecommunications services provided by an alternative operator services company, unless the alternative operator services company has filed a statement with the local exchange utility signed by a corporate officer, or other authorized person having personal knowledge, that all regulated telecommunications services to be billed shall be rendered pursuant to tariffs approved by the board.  89 Acts, ch 95, §1  Referred to in §476.95
IA Code § 476.95 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 476 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION|Section 476.95 - Internet protocol-enabled service and voice over internet protocol service — regulation.

476.95 Internet protocol-enabled service and voice over internet protocol service — regulation.   1. For purposes of this section:   a. “Internet protocol-enabled service” means any service, capability, functionality, or application that uses internet protocol or any successor protocol and enables an end user to send or receive voice, data, or video communications in internet protocol format or a successor format.   b. “Political subdivision” means the same as defined in section 145A.2.   c. “Voice over internet protocol service” means an internet protocol-enabled service that facilitates real-time, two-way voice communication that originates from, or terminates at, a user’s location and permits the user to receive a call that originates from the public switched telephone network and to terminate a call on the public switched telephone network.   2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a department, agency, board, or political subdivision of the state shall not regulate, by rule, order, or other means directly or indirectly, the entry, rates, terms, or conditions for internet protocol-enabled service or voice over internet protocol service.   3. This section shall not be construed to affect, modify, limit, or expand any of the following:   a. The authority of the attorney general to take any action pursuant to chapter 537 or section 714.16.   b. The application or enforcement of any law that is intended to have general application to the conduct of business in this state.   c. Any entity’s obligation under section 251 or 252 of the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996.   d. Any authority of the board over wholesale telecommunications services, rates, agreements, interconnection, providers, or tariffs.   e. Any authority of the board to address or affect the resolution of a dispute regarding intercarrier compensation.   f. Any authority of the board, in accordance with state and federal law, to assess voice over internet protocol service for any of the following:   (1) Surcharges for 911 emergency services under section 34A.7.   (2) Assessments for dual party relay service under section 477C.7.   (3) Direct costs under section 476.10 and a share of remainder assessments that reflect the service’s lesser degree of regulation.   g. Any authority of the board to regulate internet protocol-enabled service or voice over internet protocol service pursuant to section 476.91.  95 Acts, ch 199, §6; 2018 Acts, ch 1160, §17  Referred to in §476.1B
IA Code § 476.95A (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 476 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION|Section 476.95A - Annual registration for telecommunications service providers.

476.95A Annual registration for telecommunications service providers.   1. A provider of telecommunications service, as defined in section 476.103, offering telephone numbers to retail customers in this state shall register annually with the board.   2. An applicant shall complete an application for registration on a form provided by the board. The form shall include contact information, the approximate number of service lines provided in the state, and any other information deemed necessary by the board.   3. Within five business days of the receipt of a completed application for registration, the board shall issue a nonexclusive acknowledgment of compliance with this section. The acknowledgment shall authorize the registrant to obtain telephone numbers, interconnect with other telecommunications service providers, cross railroad rights-of-way pursuant to section 476.27, and provide telecommunications service in this state. An acknowledgment may be transferred by filing a new or updated registration form.   4. A registrant shall submit to the board corrections to the information supplied in the registration form within a reasonable time after a change in circumstances, which circumstances would be required to be reported in an application for registration form.   5. Refusal to file and maintain an annual registration pursuant to this section is a violation of this chapter and may subject a telecommunications service provider to a civil penalty pursuant to section 476.51.   6. Notwithstanding this subsection, the board shall continue to recognize the validity of, and the rights conferred upon, a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued to a telecommunications service provider by the board prior to July 1, 2018.  2018 Acts, ch 1160, §18  Referred to in §476.1B, 476.6, 476.9, 476.20, 476.54
IA Code § 476.95B (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 476 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION|Section 476.95B - Applicability of authority.

476.95B Applicability of authority.   1. The board may exercise any powers reserved or delegated to the state by the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 or any other federal law, rule, or order thereunder, and may hear and resolve any dispute arising thereunder, including but not limited to intercarrier compensation, interconnection, and number portability.   2. In proceedings under 47 U.S.C. §251–254, the board shall allocate the costs and expenses of the proceedings to persons identified as parties in the proceeding who are engaged in or who seek to engage in providing telecommunications service or other persons identified as participants in the proceeding. The funds received for the costs and the expenses shall be remitted to the treasurer of state for deposit in the department of commerce revolving fund created in section 546.12 as provided in section 476.10.  2018 Acts, ch 1160, §19  Referred to in §476.1B
IA Code § 476.96 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 476 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION|Section 476.96 - Definitions.

476.96 Definitions. Repealed by 2018 Acts, ch 1160, §32.
IA Code § 476.97 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 476 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION|Section 476.97 - Price regulation.

476.97 Price regulation. Repealed by 2014 Acts, ch 1099, §19.
IA Code § 476.98 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 476 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION|Section 476.98 - Earnings calculation and report.

476.98 Earnings calculation and report. Repealed by  2005 Acts, ch 9, §4  .
IA Code § 476.99 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 476 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION|Section 476.99 - Additional price regulation plan provisions.

476.99 Additional price regulation plan provisions. Repealed by 2014 Acts, ch 1099, §19.
IA Code § 476.100 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 476 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION|Section 476.100 - Prohibited acts.

476.100 Prohibited acts.   A local exchange carrier shall not do any of the following:   1. Discriminate against another provider of communications services by refusing or delaying access to the local exchange carrier’s services.   2. Discriminate against another provider of communications services by refusing or delaying access to essential facilities on terms and conditions no less favorable than those the local exchange carrier provides to itself and its affiliates. A local telecommunications facility, feature, function, or capability of the local exchange carrier’s network is an essential facility if all of the following apply:   a. Competitors cannot practically or economically duplicate the facility, feature, function, or capability, or obtain the facility, feature, function, or capability from another source.   b. The use of the facility, feature, function, or capability by potential competitors is technically and economically feasible.   c. Denial of the use of the facility, feature, function, or capability by competitors is unreasonable.   d. The facility, feature, function, or capability will enable competition.   3. Degrade the quality of access or service provided to another provider of communications services.   4. Fail to disclose in a timely manner, upon reasonable request and pursuant to a protective agreement concerning proprietary information, all information reasonably necessary for the design of network interface equipment, network interface services, or software that will meet the specifications of the local exchange carrier’s local exchange network.   5. Unreasonably refuse or delay interconnections or provide inferior interconnections to another provider.   6. Use basic exchange service rates, directly or indirectly, to subsidize or offset the costs of other products or services offered by the local exchange carrier.   7. Discriminate in favor of itself or an affiliate in the provision and pricing of, or extension of credit for, any telephone service.  95 Acts, ch 199, §11  Referred to in §476.1B
IA Code § 476.101 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 476 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION|Section 476.101 - Local exchange competition.

476.101 Local exchange competition. Repealed by 2018 Acts, ch 1160, §32.
IA Code § 476.102 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 476 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION|Section 476.102 - Universal service.

476.102 Universal service.   1. The board shall initiate a proceeding to preserve universal service such that it shall be maintained in a competitively neutral fashion. As a part of this proceeding, the board shall determine the difference between the cost of providing universal service and the prices determined to be appropriate for such service.   2. The board shall base policies for the preservation of universal service on the following principles:   a. A plan adopted by the board should ensure the continued viability of universal service by maintaining quality services at just and reasonable rates.   b. The plan should define the nature and extent of the service encompassed within any entities’ universal service obligations.   c. The plan should establish specific and predictable mechanisms to provide competitively neutral support for universal service. Those mechanisms shall include a nondiscriminatory mechanism by which funds to support universal service shall be collected, and a mechanism for disbursement of support funds to eligible subscribers, either directly to those subscribers, or to the subscriber’s provider of local exchange services chosen by the subscriber.   d. The plan should be based on other principles as the board determines are necessary and appropriate for the protection of the public interest, convenience, and necessity and consistent with the purposes of this section.  95 Acts, ch 199, §13; 2018 Acts, ch 1160, §20  Referred to in §476.1B
IA Code § 476.104 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 476 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION|Section 476.104 - Severability.

476.104 Severability.   If any provision of this chapter or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid or otherwise rendered ineffective by any entity, the invalidity or ineffectiveness shall not affect other provisions or applications of this chapter that can be given effect without the invalid or ineffective provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are severable.  2003 Acts, ch 126, §7
IA Code § 476A.1 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 476A - ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION AND TRANSMISSION|Section 476A.1 - Definitions.

476A.1 Definitions.   As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   1. “Agency” means an agency as defined in section 17A.2, subsection 1.   2. “Board” means the utilities board within the utilities division of the department of commerce.   3. “Certificate” means a certificate of public convenience, use and necessity issued pursuant to section 476A.6.   4. “Commence to construct” means significant alteration of a site to install permanent equipment or structures but does not include activities incident to preliminary engineering, environmental studies or acquisition of a site for a facility.   5. “Facility” means any electric power generating plant or a combination of plants at a single site, owned by any person, with a total capacity of twenty-five megawatts of electricity or more and those associated transmission lines connecting the generating plant to either a power transmission system or an interconnected primary transmission system or both. Transmission lines subject to the provisions of this subchapter shall not require a franchise under chapter 478.   6. “Regulatory agency” means an agency which issues licenses or permits required for the construction, operation or maintenance of a facility pursuant to statutes or rules in effect on the date on which an application for a certificate is accepted by the utilities board.  [C77, 79, 81, §476A.1]  90 Acts, ch 1252, §41;  2001 Acts, 1st Ex, ch 4, §35, 36