Iowa Code 476A.7 – Issuance of certificate — effect
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1. Issuance of a certificate by the board:
a. Authorizes construction of the facility on the site designated in the certificate according to the terms and conditions stated in the certificate and licenses and permits issued by regulatory agencies during the proceeding; and,
b. Gives the applicant the power of eminent domain to the extent and under such conditions as the board may approve, prescribe and find necessary for the public convenience, use and necessity, proceeding in the manner of works of internal improvement under chapter 6B. The burden of proving the necessity for the exercise of the power of eminent domain shall be on the person issued the certificate.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 476A.7
- 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
- Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
- Person: means an individual, partnership, firm, corporation, or association. See Iowa Code 462A.2
- Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
- Use: means to operate, navigate, or employ a vessel. See Iowa Code 462A.2
2. A certificate may be transferred, subject to the approval of the board, to a person who agrees to comply with the terms of the certificate including any amendments to the certificate. Certificates shall be transferable by operation of law to any receiver, trustee or similar assignee under a mortgage, deed of trust or similar instrument.
3. Pursuant to the provisions of section 476.53, a rate-regulated public utility shall have the option of withdrawing its application for issuance of a certificate at any time prior to the issuance of the certificate, or after the certificate has been issued.