{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-476a.2","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 476A.2","heading":"Certificate required.","body":"1. Commencing January 1, 1977, a person shall not commence to construct a facility except as provided in section 476A.9 unless a certificate for the facility has been issued by the commission. This subchapter shall not apply to persons who prior to July 1, 1976:\na. Have acquired a site for a facility; and,\nb. Have publicly announced the intention to construct a facility; and,\nc. Have let contracts for major components of a facility.\n2. Any significant alteration, as determined by the commission, in the location, construction, maintenance, or operation of a facility whether constructed before or after July 1, 1976, shall require an application for an amendment to a certificate or a certificate, whichever is appropriate. “Significant alteration” shall include but shall not be limited to a change in the type of fuel used by the major electric generating facility.\n3. Any person required to obtain a certificate or an amendment to a certificate shall construct, operate and maintain the facility according to the terms of the certificate and any amendments to the certificate. A certificate shall only be issued pursuant to this subchapter.\n4. This subchapter shall not apply to an electric power generating plant, or combination of plants at a single site, with a total capacity of more than twenty-five but less than one hundred megawatts of electricity if the owner or operator prior to January 1, 1990, has met all of the following conditions:\na. Acquired a site for the facility.\nb. Publicly announced the intention to construct a facility at that site.\nc. Let contracts for major components of the facility.","path":["Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES (Ch. 455 - 485)","Chapter 476A - ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION AND TRANSMISSION","Subchapter I - ELECTRIC POWER GENERATING FACILITIES"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/476A.2.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:12Z","sha256":"0b9027b4904f9bbd0beec8df0225666cbdb707ae0e1c1c9f0ee092f054eea9ae","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-476a.1","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-476a.3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}