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For purposes of this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Commission” means the utilities commission.
2. “Department” means the department of revenue.
3. “Qualified electricity” means electricity produced from wind at a qualified facility.
4. “Qualifiedfacility”meansanelectricalproductionfacilitythatmeetsallofthefollowing:
a. Produces electricity from wind.
b. Is located in Iowa.
c. Was originally placed in service on or after July 1, 2005, but before July 1, 2012.
d.
(1)For applications filed on or after March 1, 2008, consists of one or more wind
turbines connected to a common gathering line which have a combined nameplate capacity
of no less than two megawatts and no more than thirty megawatts.
(2)For applications filed on or after July 1, 2009, by a private college or
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For purposes of this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Commission” means the utilities commission.
2. “Department” means the department of revenue.
3. “Qualified electricity” means electricity produced from wind at a qualified facility.
4. “Qualifiedfacility”meansanelectricalproductionfacilitythatmeetsallofthefollowing:
a. Produces electricity from wind.
b. Is located in Iowa.
c. Was originally placed in service on or after July 1, 2005, but before July 1, 2012.
d. (1) For applications filed on or after March 1, 2008, consists of one or more wind
turbines connected to a common gathering line which have a combined nameplate capacity
of no less than two megawatts and no more than thirty megawatts.
(2) For applications filed on or after July 1, 2009, by a private college or university,
community college, institution under the control of the state board of regents, public or
accredited nonpublic elementary and secondary school, or public hospital, for the applicant’s
own use of qualified electricity, consists of wind turbines with a combined nameplate
capacity of three-fourths of a megawatt or greater. For the purposes of this subparagraph,
“public hospital” means a hospital licensed pursuant to chapter 135B and governed pursuant
to chapter 145A, 226, 347, 347A, or 392.