Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 199 - Utilities Division › Utilities and Transportation Divisions › Chapter 24 - Location and Construction of Electric Power Generating Facilities › Rule 199-24.4 - Application for a Certificate-contents

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
Each person or group of persons proposing to construct a
				  facility or a significant alteration to a facility shall file an application
				  for certificate with the commission, unless otherwise provided by these rules.
				  The applicant may file a portion of an application and, in conjunction
				  therewith, a request that the commission accept such portion of the application
				  pursuant to subrule 24.5(3) and conduct a separate phase of the proceeding with
				  respect to issues presented by such portion of the application to the extent
				  permitted pursuant to 24.5(3) and rule 199-24.9 (476A). An application shall
				  substantially comply with the following informational requirements:
(1) In section 1, entitled "General
				Information," applicant shall include the following information:
a. The legal name, address, telephone number,
				facsimile transmission number, and email address of the applicant and all other
				participants of the proposed facility at the time of filing, as well as the
				name of the person authorized to receive communications relating to the
				application on behalf of those persons, Iowa business address, if applicable,
				and principal place of business of the applicant.
b. The name and type of business of the
				applicant's and all other participants' parent companies and affiliates. The
				information must include percentages of ownership.
c. A complete description of the current and
				proposed rights of ownership in the proposed facility and current or planned
				purchase power contracts with respect to the proposed facility.
d. A general site description including a
				legal description of the site location, 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. Applicant shall also provide a more detailed map
				showing the location of the facility perimeter, utility property, railroads and
				other transportation facilities, abutting and adjacent properties, cities,
				lakes, rivers, parks, other public facilities, cemeteries and places of
				historical significance within one mile of the site boundary. The general site
				description should include a discussion of whether the proposed site is located
				in a flood plain.
e. A general
				description of the proposed facility including a description of the principal
				characteristics of the facility such as the capacity of the proposed facility
				in megawatts expressed by the contracted maximum generator nameplate MW rating,
				the net facility addition in MW, by net to the busbar rating, and the portion
				(in MW) of the design capacity of the proposed facility which is proposed to be
				available for use by each participant, the number and type of generating units,
				primary fuel source for each such unit, total hours of operation anticipated
				seasonally and annually, and output in MWH during these hours, expected
				capacity factors, a description of the general arrangement of major structures
				and equipment to provide the commission with an understanding of the general
				layout of the facility, and a schedule for the facility's construction and
				utilization including the projected date significant site alteration is
				proposed to begin and the projected date the facility is to be placed into
				service. 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 as a single unit.
f. A general description of all raw
				materials, including fuel, used by the proposed facility in producing
				electricity and of all wastes created in the production process. In addition to
				describing the wastes created in the production process, the applicant shall
				determine annual expected sulfur dioxide 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 shall describe any
				additional transportation facilities needed to deliver raw materials and to
				remove wastes.
g. Identification,
				general description and chronology of all financial and other contractual
				commitments undertaken or planned to be undertaken with respect to the proposed
				facility.
h. A general map and
				description of the primary transmission corridors and the approximate routing
				of the rights-of-way. An analysis of the existing transmission network's
				capability to reliably support the proposed additional generation
				interconnection to the network. The analysis must also show that the
				interconnection to the transmission system is consistent with standard utility
				practices and the proposed interconnection does not degrade the adequacy,
				reliability, or operating flexibility of the existing transmission system in
				the area. A system impact analysis performed by the operator of the
				transmission system with which the facility will be interconnected, as well as
				any analysis, in applicant's possession, submitted to an area reliability
				council, concerning the impact of the facility on the area grid, shall satisfy
				the foregoing requirements. The impact analysis must include both local area
				and regional impacts.
i. The
				applicant, if a public utility, must include a statement of total cost to
				construct the proposed facility. Such cost shall include, but shall not be
				limited to, the cost of all electric power generating units, all electric
				supply lines within the facility site boundary, all electric supply lines
				beyond the facility site boundary with voltage of 69 kilovolts or higher used
				for transmitting power from the facility to the point of junction with the
				distribution system or with the interconnected primary transmission system, all
				appurtenant or miscellaneous structures used and useful in connection with said
				facility or any part thereof, and all rights-of-way, lands or interest in
				lands, the use and occupancy of which are necessary or appropriate in the
				maintenance or operation of said facility.
j. The names and addresses of those owners
				and lessees of record of real property identified in
				24.6(2)
"d"
and
"e."
k. The names and addresses of those owners
				and lessees of record of real property for whom the applicant seeks the use of
				eminent domain.