Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 199 - Utilities Division › Utilities and Transportation Divisions › Chapter 15 - Cogeneration and Small Power Production › Rule 199-15.22 - Small Wind Innovation Zones

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
(1)
Definitions.
For purposes of this rule:
"Electric utility"
means a public utility
				  that furnishes electricity to the public for compensation.
"Model interconnection agreement"
means the
				  applicable standard interconnection agreement under 199-Chapter 45.
"Model ordinance"
means the model ordinance
				  developed pursuant to Iowa Code section 476.48(3), which when adopted will be
				  posted on the websites of the Iowa League of Cities at
www.iowaleague.org
and the Iowa
				  State Association of Counties at
www.iowacounties.org
.
"Small wind energy system"
means a wind
				  energy conversion system that collects and converts wind into energy to
				  generate electricity, which has a nameplate generating capacity of 100
				  kilowatts or less. A small wind energy system located in a small wind
				  innovation zone but in the exclusive service territory of an electric utility
				  that is not subject to 199-Chapter 45 and has not adopted the standard forms,
				  procedures, and interconnection agreements in 199-Chapter 45 is not eligible
				  for the streamlined application process referred to in Iowa Code section
				  476.48(2)
"a."
"Small wind innovation zone"
means a
				  political subdivision of this state, including but not limited to a city,
				  county, township, school district, community college, area education agency,
				  institution under the control of the state board of regents, or any other local
				  commission, association, or tribal council which adopts, or is encompassed
				  within a local government which adopts, the model ordinance.
(2)
Application for small wind
				innovation zone designation.
A political subdivision of this state,
				including but not limited to a city, county, township, school district,
				community college, area education agency, institution under the control of the
				state board of regents, or any other local commission, association, or tribal
				council, may apply to the commission for designation as a small wind innovation
				zone under Iowa Code section 476.48. The application must include the following
				information:
a. The name, location,
				description, and legal boundary of the political subdivision seeking
				designation as a small wind innovation zone;
b. Contact information for the applicant
				filing on behalf of the political subdivision, including legal name, address,
				telephone number, and, as applicable, facsimile transmission number and
				electronic mail address;
c. If the
				political subdivision is other than a local government:
(1) Identification of the local government
				(or governments) that encompasses the political subdivision;
(2) Confirmation that all identified local
				governments have either adopted or are about to adopt the model ordinance,
				including copies of model ordinances adopted by the local governments, or
				copies of pending amendments to existing zoning ordinances intended to comply
				with the model ordinance; and
(3)
				Dates the model ordinances were adopted or anticipated dates of adoption of
				pending amendments to existing zoning ordinances intended to comply with the
				model ordinance;
d. If
				the political subdivision is a local government:
(1) A copy of the model ordinance adopted by
				the local government or copy of a pending amendment to an existing zoning
				ordinance intended to comply with the model ordinance; and
(2) Date the model ordinance was adopted or
				anticipated date of adoption of the pending amendment to an existing zoning
				ordinance intended to comply with the model ordinance;
e. Identification of the electric utilities
				that provide service within the political subdivision; and
f. Documentation from each electric utility
				that provides service within the political subdivision confirming that the
				electric utility is serving the political subdivision and that the utility is
				either:
(1) A utility subject to the
				provisions of 199-Chapter 45; or
(2) A utility not subject to the provisions
				of 199-Chapter 45, but which nonetheless agrees to use the standard forms,
				procedures, and standard interconnection agreements of 199-Chapter 45 for small
				wind energy systems in its service territory within the political subdivision;
				or
(3) A utility that is not
				subject to the provisions of 199-Chapter 45 and has not adopted them.
Note: Electric utilities shall provide political subdivisions
				  the documentation required in paragraph 15.22(2)
"f."