Iowa Code § 473.1

Current through March 29, 2024
Section 473.1 - Definitions

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 "energy sources" means gasoline, fuel oil, natural gas, 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.

Iowa Code § 473.1

86 Acts, ch 1245, §1817 - 1819 2008 Acts, ch 1126, §18, 19, 33; 2009 Acts, ch 108, §26, 41; 2011 Acts, ch 118, §45 -47, 89; 2012 Acts, ch 1021, §88; 2020 Acts, ch 1063, §260

Amended by 2020 Iowa, ch 1063, s 260, eff. 7/1/2020.
C75, 77, 79, 81, § 93.1 86 Acts, ch 1245, §1817 - 1819C93, §473.1 2008 Acts, ch 1126, §18, 19, 33; 2009 Acts, ch 108, §26, 41; 2011 Acts, ch 118, §45 - 47, 89; 2012 Acts, ch 1021, §88