Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 199 - Utilities Division › Utilities and Transportation Divisions › Chapter 41 - Ratemaking Principles Proceeding › Rule 199-41.3 - Application for Predetermined Ratemaking Principles; Contents

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
Each person or group of persons proposing to construct,
				  repower, or lease a facility and desiring predetermination of ratemaking
				  principles for costing that facility shall file an application with the
				  commission. An application may be for one facility or a combination of
				  facilities necessary to meet the current and future resource needs of the
				  utility. An application for ratemaking principles must demonstrate that the
				  utility has considered other sources for long-term electric supply and that the
				  facility or lease is reasonable when compared to other feasible alternative
				  sources of supply. At a minimum, an application shall substantially comply with
				  the following informational requirements to the extent such information is
				  reasonably available. Any omission of required information on the basis that it
				  is not reasonably available shall be adequately justified by the applicant. The
				  commission will consider such omissions on a case-by-case basis and may require
				  the applicant to provide additional information.
(1)
General information.
An
				application shall include the following general information:
a. The purpose of the proposed
				facility.
b. A complete description
				of the current and proposed rights of ownership in the proposed facility and
				current or planned purchased power contracts with respect to the proposed
				facility.
c. For a baseload
				electric power generating facility with a nameplate generating capacity equal
				to or greater than 300 megawatts, a combined-cycle electric power generating
				facility, or repowering of a facility, a general site description including a
				legal description of the site; a map showing the coordinates of the site and
				its location with respect to state, county, and other political subdivisions;
				and prominent features such as cities, lakes, rivers, and parks within the site
				impact area. For an alternative energy production facility, to the extent
				feasible, a general site description including a description of the site
				location or locations; map(s) showing the coordinates of the site(s) and
				location(s) with respect to state, county, and other political subdivisions;
				and prominent features such as cities, lakes, rivers and parks within the site
				impact area(s).
d. A general
				description of the proposed facility, including a description of the expected
				principal characteristics of the facility such as the capacity of the proposed
				facility in megawatts expressed by the contract maximum generator megawatt
				rating, the expected net facility addition to the system in megawatts by net to
				the busbar rating, and the portion of the design capacity, in megawatts, of the
				proposed facility which is proposed to be available for use by each
				participant; the expected number and type of generating units; the primary fuel
				source for each such unit; the total hours of operation anticipated seasonally
				and annually and output during these hours; the expected capacity factors; a
				description of the expected general arrangement of major structures and
				equipment to provide the commission with an understanding of the general layout
				of the facility; and a projected schedule for the facility's construction and
				utilization, including the projected date when a significant site alteration is
				proposed to begin and the projected inservice date of the facility. For this
				purpose, a group of several similar generating units operated together at the
				same location such that segregated records of energy output are not available
				shall be considered a single unit.
e. A general description of the raw
				materials, including fuel, used by the proposed facility in producing
				electricity and of the wastes created in the production process. In addition to
				describing the wastes created in the production process, the applicant shall
				determine annual expected emissions from the facility and provide a plan for
				acquiring allowances sufficient to offset these emissions. The applicant shall
				describe all transportation facilities currently operating that will be
				available to serve the proposed facility, and any additional transportation
				facilities needed to deliver raw materials and to remove wastes.
f. An identification, general description,
				and chronology of all material financial and other contractual commitments
				undertaken or planned to be undertaken with respect to the proposed
				facility.
g. A general map and
				description of the primary transportation corridors and the approximate routing
				of the rights-of-way in the vicinity of the settled areas, parks, recreational
				areas, and scenic areas.
h. A
				general analysis of the existing transmission system's capability to reliably
				support the proposed additional generation interconnection to the system. In
				the alternative, the applicant may provide testimony that (1) it will follow
				the interconnection requirements of the local and regional transmission
				authorities; (2) it is committed to meeting the pertinent transmission
				requirements with respect to the proposed facility; and (3) the applicant
				assures the commission that the interconnection of the proposed facility will
				not degrade the adequacy, reliability, or operating flexibility of the
				transmission system from a regional or local perspective.
i. Identification of the general contractor
				for the proposed facility and the method by which the general contractor was
				selected. If a general contractor has not yet been selected, the utility shall
				identify the process by which the general contractor will be selected and the
				anticipated timeline for selecting a general contractor.
j. Identification of the plant operator for
				the proposed facility and the method by which the plant operator was selected.
				If a plant operator has not yet been selected, the utility shall identify the
				process by which a plant operator will be selected and the anticipated timeline
				for selecting a plant operator.