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Iowa Code § 476.41 (2026)

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It is the policy of this state to encourage the development of alternate energy production facilities and small hydro facilities in order to conserve our finite and expensive energy resources and to provide for their most efficient use. 83 Acts, ch 182, §2 Referred to in §476.43

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1987–2019 · leading case: Sz Enter., LLC D/B/A Eagle Point Solar v. Iowa Utils. Bd., a Div. of the Dep't of Com., State of Iowa, 850 N.W.2d 441 (Iowa 2014).
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Sz Enter., LLC D/B/A Eagle Point Solar v. Iowa Utils. Bd., a Div. of the Dep't of Com., State of Iowa, 850 N.W.2d 441 (Iowa 2014). · cites it 22× “Additionally, to the extent the exclusive territorial structure might be considered in determining whether Eagle Point’s activities would make it a public utility, the district court believed that the countervailing policy of Iowa Code section 476.41 must be considered. This…”
Nextera Energy Resources LLC v. Iowa Utils. Bd., 815 N.W.2d 30 (Iowa 2012). · cites it 2× “jk, the board shall require electric utilities to do both of the following under terms and conditions that the board finds are just and economically reasonable for the electric utilities’ customers, are nondiscriminatory to alternate energy producers and small hydro producers,…”
Iowa Power & Light Co. v. Iowa State Com. Comm'n, 410 N.W.2d 236 (Iowa 1987). · cites it 5× “” Iowa Code § 476.41 . 3 Enacted by the Seventieth General Assembly, the legislation now appears as Code sections 476.”
Off. of Consum. Advocate v. Iowa Utils. Bd., 656 N.W.2d 101 (Iowa 2003). · cites it 5× “Swecker’s wind generator is called an alternative-energy-production or AEP facility that, OCA argues, is governed by Iowa Code sections 476.41 through .45 (1999), and the utility board’s rules implementing the statute.”
Mathis v. Iowa Utils. Bd. (Iowa 2019). · cites it 2× “” And it must be read in conjunction with section 476.41, which makes it “the policy of this state to encourage the 13 development of alternate energy production facilities.”
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