1. The utilities commission shall have power of supervision over the construction of a transmission line and over its future operation and maintenance.
2. A transmission line shall be constructed near and parallel to roads, to the right-of-way of the railways of the state, or along the division lines of the lands, according to the government survey, wherever the same is practicable and reasonable, and so as not to interfere with the use by the public of the highways or streams of the state, nor unnecessarily interfere with the use of any lands by the occupant. [S13, §2120-r; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8325; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §489.17; C66, 71, 73, 75, §489.18; C77, 79, 81, §478.18] 2002 Acts, ch 1097, §2; 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §369 Removal from highway, chapter 318 \n
Notes of Decisions
Anstey v. Iowa State Com. Comm'n, 292 N.W.2d 380 (Iowa 1980).
· cites it 20× “The issues raised are: (1) the sufficiency of the informational meetings and the notices in regard to them; (2) the effect of the commission’s alleged failure to adopt procedural rules; (8) whether the commission ruling complied with the location and design requirements of…”
Bernau v. Iowa Dep't of Transp., 580 N.W.2d 757 (Iowa 1998).
· cites it 4× “We have employed similar analyses under Iowa Code section 478.18 governing placement of power lines.”
Hawkeye Land Co. v. Iowa Utils. Bd., 847 N.W.2d 199 (Iowa 2014).
· cites it 2× “at 59 ; see also Iowa Code § 478.18 (1) (“The utilities board shall have power of supervision over the construction of a transmission line and over its future operation and maintenance.”
Clark v. Iowa State Com. Comm'n, 286 N.W.2d 208 (Iowa 1979).
· cites it 34× “The other issue is the assertion by objectors that the trial court “did not properly interpret section 478.18, The Code 1977” in affirming the Commission’s orders granting Iowa Power the right to construct the transmission line in question.”
Gorsche Fam. P'ship v. Midwest Power, 529 N.W.2d 291 (Iowa 1995).
· cites it 18× “The partnership complained that the line as newly constructed would not be “near and parallel to the right-of-way of [a] railway[ ] or along the division lines” and would therefore violate Iowa Code section 478.18 (1993). The Iowa Utilities Board overruled this objection and…”
Hawkeye Land Co. v. Iowa Utils. Bd. (Iowa 2014).
· cites it 2× “at 59 ; see also Iowa Code § 478.18 (1) (“The utilities board shall have power of supervision over the construction of a transmission line and over its future operation and maintenance.”
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