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Iowa Code § 476A.1 (2026)

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As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. “Agency” means an agency as defined in section 17A.2, subsection 1.

2. “Certificate” means a certificate of public convenience, use and necessity issued pursuant to section 476A.6.

3. “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.

4. “Commission” means the utilities commission.

5. “Facility” means any electric power generating plant, electric storage unit, or a combination of plants or units at a single site, owned by any person, with a total capacity of twenty-five or more megawatts of electricity for plants or twenty-five or more megawatt hours of electricity for electric storage units, and those associated transmission lines connecting the generating plant or electric storage unit 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 commission. [C77, 79, 81, §476A.1] 90 Acts, ch 1252, §41; 2001 Acts, 1st Ex, ch 4, §35, 36; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §2681; 2024 Acts, ch 1108, §4; 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §369 \n

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1984–2020 · leading case: Mathis v. Iowa Utils. Bd. (Iowa 2019).

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Mathis v. Iowa Utils. Bd. (Iowa 2019). · cites it 33× “But the commission’s jurisdiction depended on whether the landfill was a “facility,” because the commission’s authority to grant certificates was limited to facilities as defined in section 476A.1 (1983), and section 476A.5(3) provided, in part, The failure of a facility to meet…”

Reid v. Iowa State Com. Comm'n, 357 N.W.2d 588 (Iowa 1984). · cites it 4× “The parties agree that the commission has authority to grant certificates only for facilities as defined in section 476A.1. Petitioners contend that a landfill not located on the same site as the generating plant it serves is not included in the definition.”

Solomon Mathis v. Lozier Per Lts Pro Se Can Submit Filings to the Ecf Email Box - Per 11 Minutes - Plt to Be Served by Email (N.D. Iowa 2020). · cites it 9× “Defendants argue that ultimately Solomon Mathis contends she is entitled to a public hearing held by the Board because the Project is a facility under Iowa Code § 476A.1(5) and, therefore, requires a certificate from the Board.”

— Iowa Code § 476A.1(1) — 1 case

Reid v. Iowa State Com. Comm'n, 357 N.W.2d 588 (Iowa 1984). “The parties agree that the commission has authority to grant certificates only for facilities as defined in section 476A.1. Petitioners contend that a landfill not located on the same site as the generating plant it serves is not included in the definition.”

— Iowa Code § 476A.1(5) — 2 cases

Mathis v. Iowa Utils. Bd. (Iowa 2019). “But the commission’s jurisdiction depended on whether the landfill was a “facility,” because the commission’s authority to grant certificates was limited to facilities as defined in section 476A.1 (1983), and section 476A.5(3) provided, in part, The failure of a facility to meet…”

Solomon Mathis v. Lozier Per Lts Pro Se Can Submit Filings to the Ecf Email Box - Per 11 Minutes - Plt to Be Served by Email (N.D. Iowa 2020). “Defendants argue that ultimately Solomon Mathis contends she is entitled to a public hearing held by the Board because the Project is a facility under Iowa Code § 476A.1(5) and, therefore, requires a certificate from the Board.”

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