Iowa § 473.1 Definitions

Iowa Statutes

§ 473.1 — Definitions

Iowa § 473.1

Title XINATURAL RESOURCES

Ch. 473ENERGY DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION

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

1.“Alternative and renewable energy” means energy sources including but not limited to solar, wind turbine, waste management, resource recovery, recovered energy generation, refuse-derived fuel, hydroelectric, agricultural crops or residues, hydrogen produced using renewable fuel sources, and woodburning, or relating to renewable fuel development and distribution.

2.“Authority” means the economic development authority created in section 15.105.

3.“Director” means the director of the authority or a designee.

4.“Energy”or“energysources”meansgasoline,fueloil,naturalgas,propane,coal,special fuels, and electricity.

5.“Renewable fuel” means a fuel that is all of the following:

a.A motor vehicle fuel that is any of the followin

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As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Alternative and renewable energy” means energy sources including but not limited
to solar, wind turbine, waste management, resource recovery, recovered energy generation,
refuse-derived fuel, hydroelectric, agricultural crops or residues, hydrogen produced using
renewable fuel sources, and woodburning, or relating to renewable fuel development and
distribution.
2. “Authority” means the economic development authority created in section 15.105.
3. “Director” means the director of the authority or a designee.
4. “Energy”or“energysources”meansgasoline,fueloil,naturalgas,propane,coal,special
fuels, and electricity.
5. “Renewable fuel” means a fuel that is all of the following:
a. A motor vehicle fuel that is any of the following:
(1) Produced from grain; starch; oilseed; vegetable, animal, or fish materials, including
but not limited to fats, greases, and oil; sugar components, grasses, or potatoes; or other
biomass.

(2) Natural gas produced from a biogas source including but not limited to a landfill,
sewage waste treatment plant, animal feeding operation, or other place where decaying
organic material is found.
b. Used to replace or reduce the quantity of fossil fuel present in a motor fuel mixture
used to operate a motor vehicle.
6. “Supplier” means any person engaged in the business of selling, importing, storing, or
generating energy sources, alternative and renewable energy, or renewable fuel in Iowa.