§ 476a-1

476A.1 Definitions. As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. 'Agency' means an agency as defined in section 17A.2, subsection 1. 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

chise 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. [C77, 79, 81, §476A.1] 90 Acts, ch 1252, §41; 2001 Acts, 1st Ex, ch 4, §35, 36 ; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §2681 Subsection 2 amended