As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
 1. “Agency” means an agency as defined in section 17A.2, subsection 1.

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Terms Used In Iowa Code 476A.1

  • Agency: means an agency as defined in section 17A. See Iowa Code 476A.1
  • Board: means the utilities board. See Iowa Code 476A.1
  • Certificate: means a certificate of title. See Iowa Code 462A.2
  • Certificate: means a certificate of public convenience, use and necessity issued pursuant to section 476A. See Iowa Code 476A.1
  • Facility: means any electric power generating plant or a combination of plants at a single site, owned by any person, with a total capacity of twenty-five megawatts of electricity or more and those associated transmission lines connecting the generating plant to either a power transmission system or an interconnected primary transmission system or both. See Iowa Code 476A.1
  • Person: means an individual, partnership, firm, corporation, or association. See Iowa Code 462A.2
  • Use: means to operate, navigate, or employ a vessel. See Iowa Code 462A.2
 2. “Board” means the utilities board.
 3. “Certificate” means a certificate of public convenience, use and necessity issued pursuant to section 476A.6.
 4. “Commence to construct” means significant alteration of a site to install permanent equipment or structures but does not include activities incident to preliminary engineering, environmental studies or acquisition of a site for a facility.
 5. “Facility” means any electric power generating plant or a combination of plants at a single site, owned by any person, with a total capacity of twenty-five megawatts of electricity or more and those associated transmission lines connecting the generating plant to either a power transmission system or an interconnected primary transmission system or both. Transmission lines subject to the provisions of this subchapter shall not require a franchise under chapter 478.
 6. “Regulatory agency” means an agency which issues licenses or permits required for the construction, operation or maintenance of a facility pursuant to statutes or rules in effect on the date on which an application for a certificate is accepted by the utilities board.