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IA Code § 476.12 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 476 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION|Section 476.12 - Rehearings before board.

476.12 Rehearings before board.   Notwithstanding the Iowa administrative procedure Act, chapter 17A, any party, as defined in the rules and regulations promulgated by the board as provided in section 476.2, to a contested case before the board may within twenty days after the issuance of the final decision apply for a rehearing. The board shall either grant or refuse an application for rehearing within thirty days after the filing of the application, or may after giving the interested parties notice and opportunity to be heard and after consideration of all the facts, including those arising since the making of the order, abrogate or modify its order. A failure by the board to act upon the application for rehearing within the above period shall be deemed a refusal of the application. Neither the filing of an application for rehearing nor the granting of the application shall stay the effectiveness of an order unless the board so directs.  [C66, 71, 73, 75, §490A.12; C77, 79, 81, §476.12]  88 Acts, ch 1100, §2; 2003 Acts, ch 44, §114  Referred to in §478.32, 479.32, 479B.22
IA Code § 476.13 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 476 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION|Section 476.13 - Judicial review.

476.13 Judicial review.   1. Notwithstanding the Iowa administrative procedure Act, chapter 17A, the district court for Polk county or for the county in which a public utility maintains its principal place of business has exclusive venue for the judicial review under chapter 17A of actions of the board pursuant to rate-regulatory powers over that public utility.   2. Upon the filing of a petition for judicial review in an action referred to in subsection 1, the clerk of the district court shall notify the chief justice of the supreme court for purposes of assignment of a district judge under section 602.1212. The judicial review proceeding shall be heard by the district judge appointed by the supreme court under section 602.1212, but in the county of venue under subsection 1.   3. Notwithstanding the Iowa administrative procedure Act, chapter 17A, if a public utility seeks judicial review of an order approving rates for the public utility, the level of rates that may be collected, under bond and subject to refund, while the appeal is pending shall be limited to the level of the temporary rates set by the board, or the level of the final rates set by the board, whichever is greater. During the period the judicial review proceeding is pending, the board shall retain jurisdiction to determine the rate of interest to be paid on any refunds eventually required on rates collected during judicial review.  [C66, 71, 73, 75, §490A.13; C77, 79, 81, §476.13]  83 Acts, ch 127, §29; 2003 Acts, ch 44, §114  Referred to in §602.1212
IA Code § 476.14 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 476 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION|Section 476.14 - Violations stopped.

476.14 Violations stopped.   Whenever the board shall be of the opinion that any public utility or any other person is violating this chapter or any order of the board, the board may commence an action in the district court for the county in which such violation is alleged to have occurred, to have such violation stopped and prevented by injunction, mandamus or other appropriate remedy.  [C66, 71, 73, 75, §490A.20; C77, 79, 81, §476.14]
IA Code § 476.15 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 476 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION|Section 476.15 - Extent of jurisdiction.

476.15 Extent of jurisdiction.   The jurisdiction and powers of the board shall extend as provided in this chapter to the utility business of public utilities operating within this state to the full extent permitted by the Constitution and laws of the United States.  [C66, 71, 73, 75, §490A.21; C77, 79, 81, §476.15]  2019 Acts, ch 59, §171
IA Code § 476.16 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 476 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION|Section 476.16 - Annual report.

476.16 Annual report.   The board shall include in its annual report required under sections 7A.1 and 7A.10 among other matters, to the extent such regulation is conferred upon the board by this chapter, the following:   1. A complete financial report of receipts and expenditures, including list of public utilities and separately the amount of total fees and assessments paid by each.   2. A list of the applications, subject and disposition of each docket number under this chapter, including board fees for such docket assessed by the board.  [C66, 71, 73, 75, §490A.22; C77, 79, 81, §476.16]
IA Code § 476.17 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 476 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION|Section 476.17 - Peak-load energy conservation.

476.17 Peak-load energy conservation.   1. The board may promulgate rules pursuant to chapter 17A which require or authorize a public utility to establish peak-load management procedures.   2. Rules of the board shall relate to reducing or limiting the peak-load period consumption.   3. In promulgating rules under this section, the board is not bound by decisions, rulings or orders which relate to the definitions of types or classes of customers and which were issued by the Iowa state commerce commission prior to July 1, 1980.  [C81, §476.17]
IA Code § 476.18 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 476 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION|Section 476.18 - Impermissible charges.

476.18 Impermissible charges.   1. Public utilities subject to rate regulation are prohibited from including either directly or indirectly in their charges or rates to customers the costs of lobbying.   2. Legal costs and attorney fees incurred by a public utility subject to rate regulation in an appeal in state or federal court involving the validity of any action of the board shall not be included either directly or indirectly in the public utility’s charges or rates to customers except to the extent that recovery of legal costs and attorney fees is allowed by the board. The board shall allow a public utility to recover reasonable legal costs and attorney fees incurred in the appeal. The board may consider the degree of success of the legal arguments of the public utility in determining the reasonable legal costs and attorney fees to be allowed.   3. a. Public utilities subject to rate regulation are prohibited from including either directly or indirectly in their charges or rates to customers the costs of advertising other than advertising which is required by the board or by other state or federal regulation. However, this subsection does not apply to a utility’s advertising which is deemed by the board to be necessary for the utility’s customers and which is approved by the board.   b. Every ad which is published, broadcast, or otherwise displayed or disseminated to the public by a public utility which is to be charged to the customers of the public utility and which is not required by the board or by other state or federal regulation shall include a statement in the ad that the costs of the ad are being charged to the customers of the public utility. This paragraph does not apply to a utility’s product or service that is or becomes subject to competition as determined by the board.   4. This section does not apply to a rural electric cooperative.  83 Acts, ch 127, §30; 84 Acts, ch 1225, §1; 2011 Acts, ch 25, §143
IA Code § 476.19 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 476 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION|Section 476.19 - Construction of statutes.

476.19 Construction of statutes.   Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to invalidate any proceedings under statutes existing prior to the enactment of this chapter; nor shall any action, litigation or appeal pending prior to the effective date of rate regulation of this chapter be affected.  [C66, 71, 73, 75, §490A.25; C77, 79, 81, §476.19]  2019 Acts, ch 59, §172
IA Code § 476.21 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 476 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION|Section 476.21 - Discrimination prohibited.

476.21 Discrimination prohibited.   A corporation or cooperative association providing electrical or gas service shall not consider the use of renewable energy sources by a customer as a basis for establishing discriminatory rates or charges for any service or commodity sold to the customer or discontinue services or subject the customer to any other prejudice or disadvantage based on the customer’s use or intended use of renewable energy sources. As used in this section, “renewable energy sources” includes but is not limited to solar heating, wind power and the conversion of urban and agricultural organic wastes into methane gas and liquid fuels.  [C79, 81, §476.21]  2018 Acts, ch 1135, §16  Referred to in §476.1A, 476.1C
IA Code § 476.22 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 476 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION|Section 476.22 - Definition.

476.22 Definition.   As used in sections 476.23 to 476.26, unless the context otherwise requires, “electric utility” includes a public utility furnishing electricity as defined in section 476.1 and a city utility as defined in section 390.1.  [C77, 79, 81, §476.22]  Referred to in §422.7(57)(b), 476.1B
IA Code § 476.24 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 476 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION|Section 476.24 - Electric utility service area maps.

476.24 Electric utility service area maps.   1. On or before July 1, 1977, and subsequently whenever requested by the board, electric utilities furnishing electricity to the public for compensation in this state shall file, jointly or severally, with the board detailed maps of their service area drawn to a scale of not less than one inch per mile or drawn to a larger scale if required for clarity showing all of the following:   a. The locations of an electric utility’s generation, franchised transmission lines, distribution lines, and related facilities as of January 1, 1976.   b. All state and federal highways and other public roads within the electric utility’s service area.   c. All section lines and numbers and township and range numbers within the electric utility’s service area.   d. The corporate boundaries of all cities within the electric utility’s service area.   e. All lakes and rivers within the electric utility’s service area.   f. All railroads within the electric utility’s service area.   g. Any additional information requested by the board.   2. On or before July 1, 1978, and subsequently when deemed by the board to be necessary, the board shall prepare or cause to have prepared a composite map of this state showing the service areas of electric utilities as submitted by the electric utilities. The form and detail of all maps shall be determined by the board.  [C77, 79, 81, §476.24]  Referred to in §476.1B, 476.22
IA Code § 476.26 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 476 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION|Section 476.26 - Effect of incorporation, annexation, or consolidation.

476.26 Effect of incorporation, annexation, or consolidation.   The inclusion by incorporation, consolidation, or annexation of any facilities or service area of an electric utility within the boundaries of any city shall not by such inclusion impair or affect in any respect the rights of the electric utility to continue to provide electric utility service and to extend service to prospective customers in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter.  [C66, 71, 73, 75, §490A.23; C77, 79, 81, §476.26]  2014 Acts, ch 1026, §143  Referred to in §476.1B, 476.22
IA Code § 476.29 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 476 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION|Section 476.29 - Certificates for providing local telecommunications services.

476.29 Certificates for providing local telecommunications services. Repealed by  1992 Acts, ch 1058, §3  ;  2007 Acts, ch 4, §1  .
IA Code § 476.31 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 476 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION|Section 476.31 - Continuing audit of operation.

476.31 Continuing audit of operation.   The board shall adopt not later than July 1, 1983, rules and policies to implement a program for the continuous review of operations of rate-regulated public utilities with respect to all matters that affect rates or charges for utility service.  [81 Acts, ch 156, §1]  Referred to in §476.3, 476.10
IA Code § 476.32 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 476 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION|Section 476.32 - Review of annual reports.

476.32 Review of annual reports.   The board shall review annual reports submitted by rate-regulated public utilities. The board shall commence rate-review proceedings under this chapter if an annual report indicates that the earnings of the public utility are excessive.  [81 Acts, ch 156, §2]  Referred to in §476.3
IA Code § 476.41 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 476 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION|Section 476.41 - Purpose.

476.41 Purpose.   It is the policy of this state to encourage the development of alternate energy production facilities and small hydro facilities in order to conserve our finite and expensive energy resources and to provide for their most efficient use.  83 Acts, ch 182, §2  Referred to in §476.1B, 476.43
IA Code § 476.42 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 476 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION|Section 476.42 - Definitions.

476.42 Definitions.   As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   1. a. “Alternate energy production facility” means any or all of the following:   (1) A solar, wind turbine, waste management, resource recovery, refuse-derived fuel, agricultural crops or residues, or woodburning facility. For purposes of this definition only, “waste management” includes a facility using plasma gasification to produce synthetic gas, either as a stand-alone fuel or for blending with natural gas, the output of which is used to generate electricity or steam. For purposes of this definition only, “plasma gasification” means the thermal dissociation of carbonaceous material into fragments of compounds in an oxygen-starved environment.   (2) Land, systems, buildings, or improvements that are located at the project site and are necessary or convenient to the construction, completion, or operation of the facility.   (3) Transmission or distribution facilities necessary to conduct the energy produced by the facility to users located at or near the project site.   b. A facility which is a qualifying facility under  18 C.F.R. pt. 292, subpt. B   is not precluded from being an alternate energy production facility under this subchapter.   2. “Electric utility” means a public utility that furnishes electricity to the public for compensation.   3. “Next generating plant” means an electric utility’s assumed next coal-fired base load electric generating plant, whether planned or not, based on current technology and undiscounted current cost.   4. a. “Small hydro facility” means any or all of the following:   (1) A hydroelectric facility at a dam.   (2) Land, systems, buildings, or improvements that are located at the project site and are necessary or convenient to the construction, completion, or operation of the facility.   (3) Transmission or distribution facilities necessary to conduct the energy produced by the facility to users located at or near the project site.   b. A facility which is a qualifying facility under  18 C.F.R. pt. 292, subpt. B   is not precluded from being a small hydro facility under this subchapter.  83 Acts, ch 182, §3; 90 Acts, ch 1252, §31 – 33; 92 Acts, ch 1017, §1; 2010 Acts, ch 1061, §180; 2011 Acts, ch 25, §125; 2011 Acts, ch 77, §1; 2014 Acts, ch 1026, §143  Referred to in §15E.61, 15E.351, 260C.18A, 476.1B, 476.6A, 476.46, 476.49, 476.53, 476.58
IA Code § 476.44 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 476 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION|Section 476.44 - Exceptions.

476.44 Exceptions.   1. The board shall not require an electric utility to purchase or wheel electricity from an alternate energy production facility or small hydro facility unless the facility is owned or operated by an individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, association, joint stock association, city, town, or county that meets both of the following:   a. Is not primarily engaged in the business of producing or selling electricity, gas, or useful thermal energy other than electricity, gas, or useful thermal energy sold solely from alternate energy production facilities or small hydro facilities.   b. Does not sell electricity, gas, or useful thermal energy to residential users other than the tenants or the owner or operator of the facility.   2. a. An electric utility subject to this subchapter, except a utility that elects rate regulation pursuant to section 476.1A, shall not be required to own or purchase, at any one time, more than its share of one hundred five megawatts of power from alternate energy production facilities or small hydro facilities at the rates established pursuant to section 476.43. The board shall allocate the one hundred five megawatts based upon each utility’s percentage of the total Iowa retail peak demand, for the year beginning January 1, 1990, of all utilities subject to this section. If a utility undergoes reorganization as defined in section 476.76, the board shall combine the allocated purchases of power for each utility involved in the reorganization.   b. Notwithstanding the one hundred five megawatt maximum, the board may increase the amount of power that a utility is required to own or purchase at the rates established pursuant to section 476.43 if the board finds that a utility, including a reorganized utility, exceeds its 1990 Iowa retail peak demand by twenty percent and the additional power the utility is required to purchase will encourage the development of alternate energy production facilities and small hydro facilities. The increase shall not exceed the utility’s increase in peak demand multiplied by the ratio of the utility’s share of the one hundred five megawatt maximum to its 1990 Iowa retail peak demand.  83 Acts, ch 182, §5; 90 Acts, ch 1252, §38; 92 Acts, ch 1163, §97; 92 Acts, ch 1166, §1; 2003 Acts, ch 29, §3, 6; 2008 Acts, ch 1032, §106; 2014 Acts, ch 1026, §143; 2018 Acts, ch 1026, §145  Referred to in §476.1B, 476.43
IA Code § 476.44A (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 476 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION|Section 476.44A - Trading of credits.

476.44A Trading of credits.   The board may establish or participate in a program to track, record, and verify the trading of credits or attributes relating to electricity generated from alternate energy production facilities or renewable energy sources among electric generators, utilities, and other interested entities, within this state and with similar entities in other states.  2008 Acts, ch 1128, §14, 15; 2008 Acts, ch 1133, §6, 9; 2008 Acts, ch 1191, §129  Referred to in §476.1B
IA Code § 476.45 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 476 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION|Section 476.45 - Exemption from excess capacity.

476.45 Exemption from excess capacity.   Capacity of an alternate energy production facility or small hydro facility, that is owned or purchased by an electric utility, shall not be included in a calculation of an electric utility’s excess generating capacity for ratemaking purposes.  83 Acts, ch 182, §6; 2003 Acts, ch 29, §4, 6  Referred to in §476.1B
IA Code § 476.46 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES|Chapter 476 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION|Section 476.46 - Alternate energy revolving loan program.

476.46 Alternate energy revolving loan program.   1. The Iowa energy center created under section 15.120 shall establish and administer an alternate energy revolving loan program to encourage the development of alternate energy production facilities and small hydro facilities within the state.   2. a. An alternate energy revolving loan fund is created in the office of the treasurer of state to be administered by the Iowa energy center.   b. The fund shall include moneys appropriated or otherwise directed to the fund.   c. Moneys in the fund shall be used to provide loans for the construction of alternate energy production facilities or small hydro facilities as defined in section 476.42.   d. (1) A gas or electric utility that is not required to be rate-regulated shall not be eligible for a loan under this section. However, gas and electric utilities not required to be rate-regulated shall be eligible for loans from moneys remitted to the fund. Such loans shall be limited to a maximum of five hundred thousand dollars per applicant and shall be limited to one loan every two years.   (2) A facility shall be eligible for no more than one million dollars in loans outstanding at any time under this program.   e. (1) Each loan shall be for a period not to exceed twenty years, shall bear no interest, and shall be repayable to the fund created under this section in installments as determined by the Iowa energy center. The interest rate upon delinquent payments shall accelerate immediately to the current legal usury limit.   (2) Any loan made pursuant to this program shall become due for payment upon sale of the facility for which the loan was made.   (3) Interest on the fund shall be deposited in the fund. A portion of the interest on the fund, not to exceed fifty percent of the total interest accrued, shall be used for promotion and administration of the fund.   f. Section 8.33 shall not apply to the moneys in the fund.  96 Acts, ch 1196, §11; 2002 Acts, ch 1109, §4; 2008 Acts, ch 1126, §31, 33; 2009 Acts, ch 173, §35, 36; 2017 Acts, ch 169, §42, 43, 49; 2018 Acts, ch 1026, §146; 2019 Acts, ch 59, §173  Referred to in §476.10A