§ 476.87 — Certification of competitive natural gas providers

Iowa § 476.87

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title XI: NATURAL RESOURCES
• Ch. 476: PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION

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1. The commission shall certify all competitive natural gas providers and aggregators
providing natural gas services in this state. In an application for certification, a competitive
natural gas provider or aggregator must reasonably demonstrate managerial, technical, and
financial capability sufficient to obtain and deliver the services such provider or aggregator
proposes to offer. The commission may establish reasonable conditions or restrictions on
the certificate at the time of issuance. The commission shall adopt rules to establish specific

criteria for certification. The commission shall make a determination on an application for
certification within ninety days of its submission, unless the commission determines that
additional time is necessary to consider the application, in which case the commission may
extend the time for making a determination for an additional sixty days.
2. The commission may resolve disputes involving the provision of natural gas services
by a competitive natural gas provider or aggregator.
3. The commission shall allocate the costs and expenses reasonably attributable to
certification and dispute resolution in this section to persons identified as parties to such
proceeding who are engaged in or who seek to engage in providing natural gas services or
other persons identified as participants in such proceeding. The funds received for the costs
and the expenses of certification and dispute resolution shall be remitted to the treasurer of
state for deposit in the commerce revolving fund created in section 546.12 as provided in
section 476.10.