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Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 199 - Utilities Division › Chapter 13 - Hazardous Liquid Pipelines and Underground Storage › Rule 199-13.12 - Crossings of Highways, Railroads, and Rivers

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(1) Iowa Code chapter 479B gives the
			 commission primary authority over the routing of pipelines. However, highway
			 and railroad authorities and environmental agencies may have a jurisdictional
			 interest in the routing of the pipeline, including requirements that permits or
			 other authorizations be obtained prior to construction for crossings of highway
			 or railroad right-of-way, or rivers or other bodies of water.
(2) Approval of other authorities need not be
			 obtained prior to petitioning the commission for a pipeline permit. The
			 pipeline company shall file with the petition information that shows the
			 pipeline company contacted the other necessary authorities in advance of filing
			 the petition to determine what restrictions or conditions may be placed on the
			 crossing by those authorities and to obtain information on any proposed
			 reconstruction or relocation of existing facilities which may impact the
			 routing of the pipeline. Approvals and any restrictions, conditions, or
			 relocations of existing facilities are required to be filed with the commission
			 prior to the grant of the permit. A pipeline company may request commission
			 approval to begin construction on a segment of a pipeline prior to obtaining
			 all necessary consents for construction of the entire pipeline.
(3) Pipeline routes which include crossings
			 of highway or railroad right-of-way at other than an approximate right angle,
			 or longitudinally on the right-of-way, shall not be constructed unless a
			 showing of consent by the appropriate authority has been provided by the
			 pipeline company as required in paragraph
			 13.3(1)
"e."
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 199 - Utilities Division › Chapter 13 - Hazardous Liquid Pipelines and Underground Storage › Rule 199-13.13 - Reportable Changes to Pipelines Under Permit

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(1) A pipeline company shall file prior
			 notice with the commission of any of the following actions affecting a pipeline
			 under permit:
a. Abandonment or removal from
			 service. The pipeline company shall also notify the landowners of the
			 abandonment or removal of the pipeline from service.
b. Pressure test or increase in maximum
			 allowable operating pressure.
c.
			 Replacement of a pipeline or significant portion thereof, not including short
			 repair sections of pipe at least as strong as the original pipe.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 199 - Utilities Division › Chapter 13 - Hazardous Liquid Pipelines and Underground Storage › Rule 199-13.14 - Sale or Transfer of Permit

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(1)
			 No permit shall be sold or transferred without written approval of the
			 commission. A petition for approval of the sale or transfer shall be jointly
			 filed by the buyer, or transferee, and the seller, or transferor, and shall
			 include assurances that the buyer, or transferee, is authorized to transact
			 business in the state of Iowa and is willing and able to construct, operate,
			 and maintain the pipeline in accordance with these rules. If the sale, or
			 transfer, is prior to completion of construction of the pipeline, the buyer, or
			 transferee, shall demonstrate it has the financial ability to pay, for damages
			 associated with construction or operation of the pipeline, up to $250,000 or
			 any other amount the commission determined necessary when granting the
			 permit.
(2) For the purposes of this
			 rule, reassignment of a pipeline permit as part of a name change or a corporate
			 restructuring, with no change in pipeline operating personnel or procedures, is
			 considered a transfer and requires prior commission
			 approval.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 199 - Utilities Division › Chapter 13 - Hazardous Liquid Pipelines and Underground Storage › Rule 199-13.15 - Reports to Federal Agencies

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(1)
			 Upon submission of any incident, annual, or other report to the U.S. Department
			 of Transportation pursuant to  49 CFR Part 195, a pipeline company shall file a
			 copy of the report with the commission. The commission shall also be advised of
			 any telephonic incident report made by the pipeline company. The pipeline
			 company shall notify the commission, as soon as possible, of any incident by
			 emailing the duty officer at
dutyofficer@iuc.iowa.govor
, if email is not available,
			 by calling the commission duty officer at (515)745-2332.
(2) Pipeline companies operating in other
			 states shall provide to the commission data for Iowa only.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 199 - Utilities Division › Chapter 13 - Hazardous Liquid Pipelines and Underground Storage › Rule 199-13.16 - Termination of Petition for Pipeline Permit Proceedings

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If a pipeline company fails to correct an identified deficiency
				within six months after written notification by the commission, or after such
				shorter period as the commission may specify in the written notification, to
				cure an incomplete or deficient permit petition, or a pipeline company fails to
				publish the official notice within 90 days after the official notice is
				provided by the commission, the commission may dismiss the
				petition.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 199 - Utilities Division › Chapter 13 - Hazardous Liquid Pipelines and Underground Storage › Rule 199-13.18 - Reportable Changes to Pipelines Under Permit

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(1) The board shall receive prior notice of
			 any of the following actions affecting a pipeline under permit:
a. Abandonment or removal from
			 service.
b. Relocation of more than
			 300 feet from the original alignment, or any relocation that would bring the
			 pipeline to within 300 feet of an occupied residence. Relocations of 660 feet
			 (one-eighth mile) or more shall require the filing of a petition for amendment
			 of a permit.
c. Change in product
			 being transported.
d. Replacement
			 of a pipeline or significant portion thereof, not including short repair
			 sections of pipe at least as strong as the original pipe.
e. Extensions of existing pipelines by 660
			 feet (one-eighth mile) or less.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 199 - Utilities Division › Chapter 13 - Hazardous Liquid Pipelines and Underground Storage › Rule 199-13.19 - Sale or Transfer of Permit

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(1)
			 No permit shall be sold without prior written approval of the board. A petition
			 for approval shall be jointly filed by the buyer and seller and shall include
			 assurances that the buyer is authorized to transact business in the state of
			 Iowa; that the buyer is willing and able to construct, operate, and maintain
			 the pipeline in accordance with these rules; and, if the sale is prior to
			 completion of construction of the pipeline, that the buyer has the financial
			 ability to pay up to $250,000 in damages.
(2) No transfer of pipeline permit prior to
			 completion of pipeline construction shall be effective until the person to whom
			 the permit was issued files notice with the board of the transfer. The notice
			 shall include the date of the transfer and the name and address of the
			 transferee.
(3) The board shall
			 receive notice from the transferor of any other transfer of a pipeline permit
			 after completion of construction.
For the purposes of this rule, reassignment of a pipeline
				permit as part of a corporate restructuring, with no change in pipeline
				operating personnel or procedures, is considered a transfer.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 199 - Utilities Division › Chapter 14 - Electronic Filing › Rule 199-14.2 - Scope and Applicability of Electronic Filing Requirement

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As of the date determined by the board, electronic filing is
				mandatory, unless specifically excepted by these rules. The board will publish
				on its Web site the effective date of the electronic filing requirement. When
				the electronic filing requirement is effective, all persons filing documents
				with the board shall file those documents electronically, subject to the
				exceptions in this chapter The board will accept filings electronically
				pursuant to the rules in this chapter and the board's published standards for
				electronic information, available on the board's Web site (
www.state.ia.us/iub
) or from the board's
				records and information center, or as delineated in the board order or other
				official statement requiring those filings. In all circumstances in which the
				electronic filing requirement applies, the provisions of this chapter override
				any other board rule regarding number of copies, filing requirements, and
				service of papers, including the rules in 199-Chapter 7. All other Chapter 7
				rules otherwise apply to proceedings, investigations, and other hearings
				conducted by the board or a presiding officer which are subject to the
				electronic filing requirement. The board may suspend the electronic filing
				requirement by further notice as necessary.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 199 - Utilities Division › Chapter 14 - Electronic Filing › Rule 199-14.3 - Definitions

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Except where otherwise specifically defined by law:
"Accepted for filing"
ordinarily means a
				filing will be published on the board's Web site. Certain documents will be
				accepted for filing without being published on the board's Web site. A filing
				that has been accepted for filing can be rejected at a later date if found not
				to comply with a board rule or order.
"Electronic filing"
means the process of
				transmitting a document or collection of documents via the Internet to the
				board's electronic filing system for the purpose of submitting the document for
				board consideration.
"Electronic filing system "
means the system
				used by the board's records and information center to accept and publish
				documents filed electronically and which allows the public and parties to view
				most documents filed with or issued by the board on the board's Web
				site.
"Guest user "
means a person who uses the
				electronic filing system no more than twice a year to submit filings for the
				board's consideration.
"Publish "
means to make a document available
				for public viewing or download by posting it on the board's Web site.
"Registered user"
means a person who has
				complied with the board's requirements at
				199-14.6 (17A,476)
				to obtain a user ID and password in order to submit filings for the board's
				consideration through the board's electronic filing system.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 199 - Utilities Division › Chapter 14 - Electronic Filing › Rule 199-14.4 - Exceptions; Number of Paper Copies Required

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The following types of filings are not subject to the
				electronic filing requirement:
(1)
			 Filings made by any person who has been excused from the requirement by board
			 order granting a request for permission to file paper documents. The board
			 order granting permission to file paper documents shall specify the required
			 number of paper copies of a document that must be filed.
(2) Filings made in proceedings initiated
			 before the effective date of the electronic filing requirement shall comply
			 with all board rules regarding paper filings and number of copies provided,
			 unless the board orders otherwise.
(3) Informal consumer complaints. Consumers
			 filing informal complaints pursuant to
			 199-6.2 (476) are not
			 required to electronically file complaints against utilities. Consumers may
			 submit complaints electronically by using the online complaint form available
			 on the board's Web site or by E-mail; on paper by mail or facsimile; or by
			 personally delivering the written complaint to the board's records and
			 information center Informal consumer complaint files are available for public
			 inspection in the board's records and information center An informal complaint
			 file will be made available on the board's Web site, to the extent reasonable,
			 only if formal complaint proceedings are granted pursuant to
			 199-6.5
			 (476).
(4) Written objections to
			 applications for electric transmission line franchises, pipeline permits, or
			 hazardous liquid pipeline permits. Objectors are not required to electronically
			 file written objections. Written objections in these cases may be submitted
			 through the electronic filing system pursuant to these rules or may be
			 submitted in writing. Electronic filing of objections is preferred but is not
			 required. Written objections will ordinarily be published on the board's Web
			 site. A suggested objection form is available on the board's Web site, but
			 objectors are not required to use this form.
(5) Comments from persons in any other
			 proceeding in which comments from the public are permitted. Persons may submit
			 comments electronically through the electronic filing system pursuant to these
			 rules, by using any applicable online comment form available on the board's Web
			 site, or by E-mail; or comments may be submitted by letter or facsimile.
			 Comments from persons will ordinarily be published on the electronic filing
			 system.
(6) Payment of required
			 fees. Any payment required at the time of filing of a document must be
			 delivered to the board's records and information center in person or by
			 first-class mail or other delivery service. The filing will not be deemed
			 complete and accepted until the required payment is received.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 199 - Utilities Division › Chapter 14 - Electronic Filing › Rule 199-14.6 - Registration

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To become a registered user, a person must complete a
				registration form, which is available on the board's Web site, and obtain a
				user ID and password. If a user believes the security of an existing password
				has been compromised, the user must change the password
				immediately.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 199 - Utilities Division › Chapter 14 - Electronic Filing › Rule 199-14.7 - Electronic File

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The official agency record in any proceeding is the electronic
				file maintained by the board's executive secretary and any paper filings
				accepted by the board which are not stored in electronic form. The board's
				executive secretary is responsible for maintaining an official electronic file
				in the board's electronic filing system for all documents filed electronically,
				receiving filings into the electronic filing system by electronic transmission,
				and scanning documents into the system that are not filed electronically, if
				feasible. The executive secretary may certify documents by digital signature
				and seal.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 199 - Utilities Division › Chapter 14 - Electronic Filing › Rule 199-14.8 - Paper Copies Required

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(1) Any map,
			 plan and profile drawing, or oversized document that is required to be filed
			 with the board shall be electronically filed as a PDF (Portable Document
			 Format) file or a TIFF (Tag Image File Format) file, if the filer has access to
			 an electronic version of the map. If the map, drawing, or oversized document
			 cannot be printed on 11-by-17 inch or smaller-sized paper in legible and usable
			 form, as determined by the board, the original and four paper copies of each
			 map, drawing, or other document filed pursuant to this rule shall also be
			 filed, unless more copies are required by board order or request. Maps and
			 other documents shall be drawn to a scale appropriate for the level of detail
			 to be shown. However, if the map, drawing, or other document is not
			 electronically filed, then the number of paper copies specified in 199-subrule
			 7.4(4) or other applicable rule shall be filed.
(2) Unless the board orders otherwise, until
			 March 31, 2009, filers shall provide the board with one paper copy of each
			 document that is filed electronically, other than maps or other documents for
			 which supplemental paper copies are required pursuant to subrule 14.8(1),
			 unless more copies are required by board order The paper copy may be provided
			 by personal delivery or by first-class mail and shall be delivered or deposited
			 in the mail within 24 hours of electronic filing. The electronic document
			 stored in the electronic filing system and published on the board's Web site
			 will function as the official filing.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 199 - Utilities Division › Chapter 14 - Electronic Filing › Rule 199-14.9 - When Electronic Filings Can Be Made; Official Filing Date

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Unless otherwise ordered, an electronic filing can be made at
				any time outside of any maintenance periods during which the system will not be
				available. The "Notice of Electronic Filing" generated when the document is
				accepted for filing will record the date of the filing of the document. This
				date will be the official filing date of the document regardless of when the
				filer actually submitted the document to the electronic filing system.
				Documents uploaded into the electronic filing system by 3:30 p.m. central time
				on a business day, if accepted for filing, will be considered filed on that
				day. Documents uploaded into the electronic filing system after 3:30 p.m.
				central time on a business day or at any time on a nonbusiness day may, if
				accepted, be considered filed on the next business day. Filings which require a
				payment will be considered filed on the date the board receives the
				payment.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 199 - Utilities Division › Chapter 14 - Electronic Filing › Rule 199-14.10 - Notice of System Unavailability

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When the electronic filing system will not be available due to
				scheduled maintenance, a notice of the date, time, and expected duration of the
				unavailability will be posted on the board's Web site. When the electronic
				filing system is unexpectedly unable to receive filings during regular business
				hours continuously or intermittently for more than two hours, registered users
				will be notified of the problem by E-mail, if possible, and the public will be
				notified by the posting of a notice of the problem on the board's Web site, if
				possible.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 199 - Utilities Division › Chapter 14 - Electronic Filing › Rule 199-14.11 - Technical Difficulties

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It is the responsibility of the filer to ensure that a document
				is timely filed to comply with jurisdictional deadlines. A technical failure of
				the electronic filing system, the filer's own computer equipment, or any other
				part of the filing system will not excuse the filer from compliance with a
				jurisdictional filing deadline. If a filer is not able to meet a
				nonjurisdictional deadline because of a technical failure, the filer must, by
				the earliest available conventional or electronic means, file the document and
				seek appropriate relief from the board.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 199 - Utilities Division › Chapter 14 - Electronic Filing › Rule 199-14.12 - Documents Containing Confidential Material

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Confidential documents will not be published on the board's Web
				site. When filing a document containing confidential information, a person
				shall file one public version of the document with the confidential information
				redacted according to the board's standards for electronic information and one
				version of the document containing the confidential information. The two
				versions of the document shall be named according to the following convention:
				"Document Title - Public" and "Document Title - Confidential." It is the
				responsibility of the person submitting a public version of the electronic
				document to take appropriate measures to ensure that any embedded information
				for which confidential treatment is sought is nonviewable, nonsearchable, and
				nonreversible. Each page of the confidential version of the document shall be
				marked in a way that identifies it as belonging to the confidential version of
				the document. The confidential material itself shall be highlighted or
				otherwise distinguished on the page to identify what specific information is
				confidential. A filing including a document the filer asserts contains
				confidential information shall also include a separate document containing the
				request for confidential treatment pursuant to 199-subrule 1.9(6). Documents
				which the filer asserts contain confidential information will not be
				electronically served by the board's electronic filing system, as provided in
				199-subrule 14.16(4).
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 199 - Utilities Division › Chapter 14 - Electronic Filing › Rule 199-14.13 - Signatures

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(1)
Filings
			 by registered users.
The use of a user ID and password in accordance
			 with the registration procedures specified in rule 14.6(17A,476) constitutes
			 the filer's signature. Filers shall use "/s/" followed by the signer's name to
			 indicate a signature where applicable. All pleadings must also include a
			 signature block containing the signer's name, title, address. E-mail address,
			 and telephone number All electronic filings are presumed to have been made by
			 the person whose user ID and password have been used to make the electronic
			 filing.
(2)
Filings by
			 guest users.
The personal information required to submit a filing as a
			 guest user constitutes the filer's signature. Filers shall use "/s/" followed
			 by the signer's name to indicate a signature where applicable. All pleadings
			 must also include a signature block containing the signer's name, title,
			 address. E-mail address, and telephone number
(3)
Documents with handwritten
			 signatures.
Any document bearing a handwritten signature, such as an
			 affidavit, shall be filed electronically using "/s/" followed by the signer's
			 name to indicate a signature. The filer must retain the original paper version
			 of any such document bearing the original signature and any notarization or
			 verification for a period of two years or until the conclusion of the
			 proceeding or the conclusion of any appeal or related judicial proceeding,
			 whichever is greater, and must promptly file the original if ordered by the
			 board or requested by another party.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 199 - Utilities Division › Chapter 14 - Electronic Filing › Rule 199-14.14 - Original Documents

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When a board rule requires the filing of an original document
				not prepared by the filer or the party on whose behalf the document is filed,
				such as an invoice or other document, the filer shall scan the original
				document and file the scanned document in the electronic filing system or
				request advance board approval of other arrangements. The filer must retain the
				original document for a period of two years or until the conclusion of the
				proceeding or the conclusion of an appeal, whichever is
				greater.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 199 - Utilities Division › Utilities and Transportation Divisions › Chapter 15 - Cogeneration and Small Power Production › Rule 199-15.2 - Scope

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(1)
Applicability.
a. Subrule
				15.2(2) and rule 199-15.10 (476) of this chapter apply to all electric
				utilities, all qualifying facilities, and all AEP facilities.
b. Rule 199-15.3 (476) of this chapter applies
				to electric utilities which are subject to rate regulation by the
				commission.
c. Rules 199-15.4 (476)
				and 199-15.5 (476) of this chapter apply to qualifying facilities and electric
				utilities which are subject to rate regulation by the commission.
d. Rules 199-15.6 (476) to 199-15.9 (476) of
				this chapter apply to all qualifying facilities and AEP facilities, and
				electric utilities which are subject to rate regulation by the
				commission.
e. Rule 199-15.11 (476)
				of this chapter lists additional requirements that apply to AEP facilities, and
				electric utilities which are subject to rate regulation by the commission,
				pursuant to Iowa Code sections 476.41 to 476.45.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 199 - Utilities Division › Utilities and Transportation Divisions › Chapter 15 - Cogeneration and Small Power Production › Rule 199-15.3 - Information to Commission

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In addition to the information required to be supplied to the
				  commission under  18 CFR 292.302, all rate-regulated electric utilities shall
				  supply to the commission copies of contracts executed for the purchase or sale,
				  for resale, of energy or capacity. If the purchases or sales are made other
				  than pursuant to the terms of a written contract, then information as to the
				  relevant prices and conditions shall be supplied to the commission. All
				  information required to be supplied under this rule shall be filed with the
				  commission by May 1 and November 1 of each year for all transactions occurring
				  since the last filing was made.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 199 - Utilities Division › Utilities and Transportation Divisions › Chapter 15 - Cogeneration and Small Power Production › Rule 199-15.4 - Rate-regulated Electric Utility Obligations Under This Chapter Regarding Qualifying Facilities

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For purposes of this rule, "electric utility" means a
				  rate-regulated electric utility.
(1)
Obligation to purchase from qualifying facilities.
Each
				electric utility shall purchase, in accordance with these rules, any energy and
				capacity which is made available from a qualifying facility:
a. Directly to the electric utility;
				or
b. Indirectly to the electric
				utility in accordance with subrule 15.4(4).
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 199 - Utilities Division › Utilities and Transportation Divisions › Chapter 15 - Cogeneration and Small Power Production › Rule 199-15.5 - Rates for Purchases From Qualifying Facilities by Rate-regulated Electric Utilities

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For purposes of this rule, "electric utility" or "utility"
				  means a rate-regulated electric utility.
(1)
Rates for purchases.
Rates for purchases shall:
a. Be just and
				reasonable to the electric consumer of the electric utility and in the public
				interest; and
b. Not discriminate
				against qualifying cogeneration and small power production facilities. Nothing
				in these rules requires any electric utility to pay more than the avoided
				costs, as set forth in these rules, for purchases.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 199 - Utilities Division › Utilities and Transportation Divisions › Chapter 15 - Cogeneration and Small Power Production › Rule 199-15.6 - Rates for Sales to Qualifying Facilities and Aep Facilities by Rate-regulated Utilities

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For purposes of this rule, "utility" means a rate-regulated
				  electric utility. Rates for sales to qualifying facilities and AEP facilities
				  shall be just, reasonable and in the public interest, and shall not
				  discriminate against qualifying facilities and AEP facilities in comparison to
				  rates for sales to other customers with similar load or other cost-related
				  characteristics served by the utility. The rate for sales of backup or
				  maintenance power shall not be based upon an assumption (unless supported by
				  data) that forced outages or other reductions in electric output by all
				  qualifying facilities and AEP facilities will occur simultaneously or during
				  the system peak, or both, and shall take into account the extent to which
				  scheduled outages of qualifying facilities and AEP facilities can be usefully
				  coordinated with scheduled outages of the utility's
				  facilities.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 199 - Utilities Division › Utilities and Transportation Divisions › Chapter 15 - Cogeneration and Small Power Production › Rule 199-15.7 - Additional Services to Be Provided to Qualifying Facilities and Aep Facilities by Rate-regulated Electric Utilities

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For purposes of this rule, "electric utility" or "utility"
				  means a rate-regulated electric utility.
(1) Upon request of qualifying facilities and
				AEP facilities, each electric utility shall provide supplementary power,
				backup, maintenance power, and interruptible power. Rates for such service
				shall meet the requirements of subrule 15.5(6), and shall be in accordance with
				the terms of the utility's tariff.
The commission may waive this requirement pursuant to rule
				  199-1.3 (17A,474) only after notice in the area served by the utility and an
				  opportunity for public comment. The waiver may be granted if compliance with
				  this rule will:
a. Impair the electric
				utility's ability to render adequate service to its customers, or
b. Place an undue burden on the electric
				utility.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 199 - Utilities Division › Utilities and Transportation Divisions › Chapter 15 - Cogeneration and Small Power Production › Rule 199-15.8 - Interconnection Costs

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For purposes of this rule, "utility" means a rate-regulated
				  electric utility.
(1) Qualifying
				facilities and AEP facilities shall be obligated to pay interconnection costs,
				as described in 199-Chapter 45.
(2)
				Reserved.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 199 - Utilities Division › Utilities and Transportation Divisions › Chapter 15 - Cogeneration and Small Power Production › Rule 199-15.9 - System Emergencies

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For purposes of this rule, "electric utility" means a
				  rate-regulated electric utility. Qualifying facilities and AEP facilities shall
				  be required to provide energy or capacity to an electric utility during a
				  system emergency only to the extent:
(1) Provided by agreement between the
				qualifying facility or AEP facility and the electric utility; or
(2) Ordered under Section 202(c) of the
				Federal Power Act. During any system emergency, an electric utility may
				immediately discontinue:
a. Purchases from
				qualifying facilities and AEP facilities if purchases would contribute to the
				emergency; and
b. Sales to
				qualifying facilities and AEP facilities, provided that the discontinuance is
				on a nondiscriminatory basis.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 199 - Utilities Division › Utilities and Transportation Divisions › Chapter 15 - Cogeneration and Small Power Production › Rule 199-15.10 - Standards for Interconnection, Safety, and Operating Reliability

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For purposes of this rule, "electric utility" or "utility"
				  means both rate-regulated and non-rate-regulated electric utilities.
(1)
Acceptable standards.
The interconnection of distributed generation facilities and associated
				interconnection equipment to an electric utility system shall meet the
				applicable provisions of the publications listed below:
a. Standard for Interconnecting Distributed
				Resources with Electric Power Systems, IEEE Standard 1547. For guidance in
				applying IEEE Standard 1547, the utility may refer to:
(1) IEEE Recommended Practices and
				Requirements for Harmonic Control in Electrical Power Systems-IEEE Standard
				519-2014; and
(2) IEC/TR3 61000-3-7
				Assessment of Emission Limits for Fluctuating Loads in MV and HV Power
				Systems.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 199 - Utilities Division › Utilities and Transportation Divisions › Chapter 15 - Cogeneration and Small Power Production › Rule 199-15.11 - Additional Rate-regulated Utility Obligations Regarding Aep Facilities

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For purposes of this rule, "MW" means megawatt, "MWH" means
				  megawatt-hour, and "utility" means a rate-regulated electric utility.
(1)
Obligation to purchase from AEP
				facilities.
Each utility shall purchase, pursuant to contract, its
				share of at least 105 MW of AEP generating capacity and associated energy
				production. The utility's share of 105 MW is based on the utility's estimated
				percentage share of Iowa peak demand, which is based on the utility's highest
				monthly peak shown in its 1990 FERC Form 1 annual report, and on its related
				Iowa sales and total company sales and losses shown in its 1990 FERC Form I and
				lE-I annual reports. Each utility's share of the 105 MW is determined to be as
				follows:
Percentage Share of Iowa Peak
Utility Share of 105 MW
Interstate Power and Light
47.43%
49.8 MW
MidAmerican Energy
52.57%
55.2 MW
A utility is not required to purchase from an AEP facility
				  that is not owned or operated by an individual, firm, copartnership,
				  corporation, company, association, joint stock association, city, town, or
				  county that meets both of the following:
(I) 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 AEP facilities; and
				(2) does not sell electricity, gas, or useful thermal energy to residential
				users other than the tenants or the owner or operator of the
				facility.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 199 - Utilities Division › Utilities and Transportation Divisions › Chapter 15 - Cogeneration and Small Power Production › Rule 199-15.17 - Alternate Energy Purchase Programs

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Any consumer-owned utility, including any electric
				  cooperative corporation or association or any municipally owned electric
				  utility, may apply to the commission for a waiver under this rule.
This rule shall not apply to non-rate-regulated electric
				  utilities physically located outside of Iowa that serve Iowa customers.
(1)
Obligation to offer
				programs.
a. Beginning January 1,
				2004, each electric utility, whether or not subject to rate regulation by the
				commission, shall offer an alternate energy purchase program that allows
				customers to contribute voluntarily to the development of alternate energy in
				Iowa, and allows for the exceptions listed in paragraph
				15.17(1)
"c."
b.
				Each electric utility subject to rate regulation by the commission, except for
				utilities that elect rate regulation pursuant to Iowa Code section 476.1A,
				shall demonstrate on an annual basis that it produces or purchases sufficient
				energy from program AEP facilities located in Iowa to meet the needs of its
				Iowa program. These Iowa-based AEP facilities shall not include AEP facilities
				for which the utility has sought cost recovery under rule 199-20.9 (476) prior
				to July 1, 2001.
c. The electric
				utility may partially or fully base its program on energy produced by AEP
				facilities located outside of Iowa under any of the following circumstances:
(1) The energy is purchased by the electric
				utility pursuant to a contract in effect prior to July 1, 2001, and continues
				until the expiration of the contract, including any options to renew that are
				exercised by the electric utility.
(2) The electric utility has a financial
				interest, as of July 1, 2001, in an AEP facility that is located outside of
				Iowa or in an entity that has a financial interest in an AEP facility located
				outside of Iowa; or
(3) The energy
				is purchased by an electric utility that is not subject to rate regulation by
				the commission, or which elects rate regulation pursuant to Iowa Code section
				476.1A, and that is required to purchase all of its electric power requirements
				from one or more suppliers that are physically located outside of
				Iowa.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 199 - Utilities Division › Utilities and Transportation Divisions › Chapter 16 - Accounting › Rule 199-16.1 - Accounting-general Information

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(1)
Application of rules.
These rules shall apply to any utility
				operating within the state of Iowa under the jurisdiction of the commission
				pursuant to Iowa Code chapter 476, subject to the following conditions:
a. A utility may request a waiver of any of
				the rules in this chapter by filing a request for waiver pursuant to
				199-1.3(17A,474,476,78GA,HF2206).
b. The adoption of these rules shall in no
				way preclude the commission from altering or amending them, or from making such
				modifications with respect to their application as may be found necessary to
				meet exceptional conditions.
c.
				These rules shall in no way relieve any utility from any of its duties under
				the laws of this state.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 199 - Utilities Division › Utilities and Transportation Divisions › Chapter 16 - Accounting › Rule 199-16.4 - Uniform Systems of Accounts-water

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The 1996 uniform systems of accounts for Class A, B, and C
				  water utilities published by the National Association of Regulatory Utility
				  Commissioners (NARUC) uniform systems of accounts are adopted with the
				  following modifications:
(1) Accounting
				instruction 2-D of the NARUC uniform systems of accounts for water utilities is
				modified by adding the sentence: "This shall not prohibit water utilities from
				using such additional accounts as they are required or permitted to keep for
				their reporting to other regulatory authorities or to their stockholders,
				providing the commission is notified of the nature, amount, and purpose of such
				accounts in the annual report to the commission and at such other times as may
				be requested by the commission."
(2) Account 414, as defined and existing in
				the NARUC uniform systems of accounts 414.A, shall be used to account for the
				gain or loss on the sale, conveyance, exchange, or transfer of utility or other
				property to another, unless otherwise authorized or required by the commission
				for good cause shown.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 199 - Utilities Division › Utilities and Transportation Divisions › Chapter 16 - Accounting › Rule 199-16.5 - Uniform Systems of Accounts-telephone

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Local exchange utilities subject to regulation by the
				  commission shall keep accounts consistent with generally accepted accounting
				  principles (GAAP) or the accounting regulations adopted by the Federal
				  Communications Commission. Each local exchange utility shall indicate in its
				  annual report which method of accounting it has adopted and the location of the
				  accounting records associated with Iowa operations.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 199 - Utilities Division › Utilities and Transportation Divisions › Chapter 16 - Accounting › Rule 199-16.7 - Filing of Promotional Practices

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(1) Each public utility subject to rate
				regulation shall file with the commission written documentation describing any
				proposed new promotional practice as defined in the commission's uniform system
				of accounts no less than 30 days prior to the practice's expected
				implementation. All practices for which the costs are to be charged to account
				424 (electric and gas) shall be set forth. The accounts currently being charged
				with these practices shall be so listed. The company shall show the following
				data for each promotional practice.
a. The
				name, number, or letter designation of each such promotional
				practice.
b. The class of persons
				to which such promotional practice is being offered or granted.
c. Whether such promotional practice is being
				uniformly offered or granted to the persons within such class.
d. A description of such promotional
				practice, which shall include a statement of the terms and conditions governing
				same.
e. A description of the
				advertising or publicity employed with respect to such promotional
				practice.
f. If such promotional
				practice is offered or granted, in whole or in part, by an affiliate or other
				person, the identity of such affiliate or person and the nature of such party's
				participation shall be disclosed.
g. The expiration date of the practice, if
				known, or an estimated date.
h.
				Other information relevant to a complete understanding of such promotional
				practice.
i. The date or estimated
				date of the beginning of such promotional practices.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 199 - Utilities Division › Utilities and Transportation Divisions › Chapter 16 - Accounting › Rule 199-16.8 - Compiling Advertisements and Expenses

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The burden of compiling and classifying advertisements and
				  promotional expenses consistent with the directions of accounts 426, 426.4, et
				  seq., 913.1, et seq., Uniform systems of Accounts - Electric and Gas, 31.324,
				  et seq., 31.642, et seq., Uniform systems of Accounts - Telephone, and 910
				  Uniform systems of Accounts - Water shall be borne by public utility companies.
				  In this connection the burden of proof as to the accuracy of such
				  classifications and expenses, as with other cost items, shall reside with the
				  utility.
Where a given advertisement or group of advertisements may
				  fall within more than one of the categories defined by accounts 426.4, et seq.,
				  913.1, et seq., Uniform systems of Accounts - Electric and Gas, 31.323, et
				  seq., 31.642, et seq., Uniform systems of Accounts - Telephone, and 910 Uniform
				  systems of Accounts - Water, the utilities shall apportion the expenses of such
				  advertisements between the categories.
Every advertisement published, broadcast, or otherwise
				  displayed or disseminated to the public by a public utility which is to be paid
				  for by the utility's customers and is not required by the commission or other
				  state or federal regulation shall include the following statement: "The cost of
				  this ad will be paid for by the customers of (Company Name)." This requirement
				  shall not apply to advertisements for products or services that are or become
				  subject to competition as determined by the commission or are treated and
				  accounted for as part of a utility's unregulated operations. When a public
				  utility determines that the costs of an ad are to be charged in part to the
				  customers and in part to the public utility, the public utility shall display
				  the following notice: "x
%
of the cost of this ad will be paid for
				  by the customers of (Company Name)." Any statement included in advertisements
				  under this rule shall not affect the ability of the commission to determine the
				  proper ratemaking treatment of the cost of the advertisement.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 199 - Utilities Division › Utilities and Transportation Divisions › Chapter 16 - Accounting › Rule 199-16.9 - Postemployment Benefits Other Than Pensions

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(1) Accrual accounting for postemployment
				benefits other than pensions in accordance with Statement of Financial
				Accounting Standard No. 106 (SFAS 106) will be permitted where:
a. The accrued postemployment benefit
				obligations have been funded in a segregated and restricted account or
				alternative arrangements have been approved by the commission.
b. The net periodic postemployment benefit
				cost and accumulated postemployment benefit obligations have been determined by
				an actuarial study completed in accordance with the specific methods required
				and outlined by SFAS 106.
c. The
				transition obligation is amortized in accordance with SFAS 106.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 199 - Utilities Division › Utilities and Transportation Divisions › Chapter 17 - Assessments › Rule 199-17.1 - Purpose

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The purpose of this chapter is to describe the method the
				  commission uses to assess expenses incurred by the commission on utilities and
				  other parties pursuant to Iowa Code sections 476.10, 476.10A, and 476.95B and
				  chapter 477C. The consumer advocate shall determine and certify the consumer
				  advocate's direct and remainder assessments to the commission pursuant to Iowa
				  Code section 475A.6. In determining whether to directly assess a person, the
				  consumer advocate may consider the factors under rule
				  199-17.4 (476).
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 199 - Utilities Division › Utilities and Transportation Divisions › Chapter 17 - Assessments › Rule 199-17.2 - Definitions

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The following definitions apply to the rules in this
				  chapter.
(1) A "direct assessment" is
				the charge to a person bringing a proceeding or matter before the commission or
				to persons participating in proceedings or matters before the commission and
				includes expenses incurred by the commission attributable to the commission's
				duties related to such proceeding or matter.
(2) An "industry direct assessment" is the
				charge to the utilities in a specific industry for expenses associated with
				regulation of that specific industry that are not directly assessed. An
				industry direct assessment includes a direct assessment in a specific industry
				for which no person is directly assessed under rule 199-17.4 (476). The
				industries assessed are as follows:
a.
				Electric utilities are assessed for expenses associated with electric service,
				including expenses associated with the commission's participation in or
				consideration of regional and federal issues.
b. Natural gas utilities are assessed for
				expenses associated with natural gas service, including expenses associated
				with the commission's participation in or consideration of regional and federal
				issues.
c. Water utilities are
				assessed for expenses associated with water service, including expenses
				associated with the commission's participation in or consideration of regional
				and federal issues.
d. Sanitary
				sewer utilities are assessed for expenses associated with sanitary sewer
				services.
e. Storm water drainage
				utilities are assessed for expenses associated with storm water drainage
				services.
f. Telecommunications
				companies, including all companies providing local exchange service and
				interexchange service in Iowa whether by landline or voice over Internet
				protocol, are assessed for expenses associated with telecommunications service,
				including expenses associated with the commission's participation in or
				consideration of regional and federal issues.