Each person or group of persons proposing to construct a
facility or a significant alteration to a facility shall file an application
for certificate with the board, unless otherwise provided by these rules. The
applicant may file a portion of an application and, in conjunction therewith, a
request that the board accept such portion of the application pursuant to
subrule 24.5(3) and conduct a separate phase of the proceeding with respect to
issues presented by such portion of the application to the extent permitted
pursuant to 24.5(3) and rule
199-24.9 (476A). An application
shall substantially comply with the following informational
requirements:
(1) In section 1,
entitled "General Information," applicant shall include the following
information:
a. The legal name, address,
telephone number, facsimile transmission number, and email address of the
applicant and all other participants of the proposed facility at the time of
filing, as well as the name of the person authorized to receive communications
relating to the application on behalf of those persons, Iowa business address,
if applicable, and principal place of business of the applicant.
b. The name and type of business of the
applicant's and all other participants' parent companies and affiliates. The
information must include percentages of ownership.
c. A complete description of the current and
proposed rights of ownership in the proposed facility and current or planned
purchase power contracts with respect to the proposed facility.
d. A general site description including a
legal description of the site location, a map showing the coordinates of the
site and its location with respect to state, county, and other political
subdivisions, and prominent features such as cities, lakes, rivers and parks
within the site impact area. Applicant shall also provide a more detailed map
showing the location of the facility perimeter, utility property, railroads and
other transportation facilities, abutting and adjacent properties, cities,
lakes, rivers, parks, other public facilities, cemeteries and places of
historical significance within one mile of the site boundary. The general site
description should include a discussion of whether the proposed site is located
in a flood plain.
e. A general
description of the proposed facility including a description of the principal
characteristics of the facility such as the capacity of the proposed facility
in megawatts expressed by the contracted maximum generator nameplate MW rating,
the net facility addition in MW, by net to the busbar rating, and the portion
(in MW) of the design capacity of the proposed facility which is proposed to be
available for use by each participant, the number and type of generating units,
primary fuel source for each such unit, total hours of operation anticipated
seasonally and annually, and output in MWH during these hours, expected
capacity factors, a description of the general arrangement of major structures
and equipment to provide the board with an understanding of the general layout
of the facility, and a schedule for the facility's construction and utilization
including the projected date significant site alteration is proposed to begin
and the projected date the facility is to be placed into service. For this
purpose, a group of several similar generating units operated together at the
same location such that segregated records of energy output are not available
shall be considered as a single unit.
f. A general description of all raw
materials, including fuel, used by the proposed facility in producing
electricity and of all wastes created in the production process. In addition to
describing the wastes created in the production process, the applicant shall
determine annual expected sulfur dioxide emissions from the facility and
provide a plan for acquiring allowances sufficient to offset these emissions.
The applicant shall describe all transportation facilities currently operating
that will be available to serve the proposed facility and shall describe any
additional transportation facilities needed to deliver raw materials and to
remove wastes.
g. Identification,
general description and chronology of all financial and other contractual
commitments undertaken or planned to be undertaken with respect to the proposed
facility.
h. A general map and
description of the primary transmission corridors and the approximate routing
of the rights-of-way. An analysis of the existing transmission network's
capability to reliably support the proposed additional generation
interconnection to the network. The analysis must also show that the
interconnection to the transmission system is consistent with standard utility
practices and the proposed interconnection does not degrade the adequacy,
reliability, or operating flexibility of the existing transmission system in
the area. A system impact analysis performed by the operator of the
transmission system with which the facility will be interconnected, as well as
any analysis, in applicant's possession, submitted to an area reliability
council, concerning the impact of the facility on the area grid, shall satisfy
the foregoing requirements. The impact analysis must include both local area
and regional impacts.
i. The
applicant, if a public utility, must include a statement of total cost to
construct the proposed facility. Such cost shall include, but shall not be
limited to, the cost of all electric power generating units, all electric
supply lines within the facility site boundary, all electric supply lines
beyond the facility site boundary with voltage of 69 kilovolts or higher used
for transmitting power from the facility to the point of junction with the
distribution system or with the interconnected primary transmission system, all
appurtenant or miscellaneous structures used and useful in connection with said
facility or any part thereof, and all rights-of-way, lands or interest in
lands, the use and occupancy of which are necessary or appropriate in the
maintenance or operation of said facility.
j. The names and addresses of those owners
and lessees of record of real property identified in
24.6(2)"d" and"e."
k. The names and addresses of those owners
and lessees of record of real property for whom the applicant seeks the use of
eminent domain.
(2) In
section 2, entitled "Regulatory requirements," applicant shall include the
following:
a. All information related to the
regulatory agency and zoning authority requirements for permits or licenses
necessary to construct, operate, and maintain the facility.
b. A listing of every state agency from which
any approval or authorization concerning the proposed facility is required and
a listing of zoning authorities.
c.
Information equivalent to the information required in the rules and application
forms of such state regulatory agencies and zoning authorities, to the extent
such information is ready to be filed.
(3) In section 3, entitled "Community
impact," the applicant shall include an identification and analysis of the
effects the construction, operation and maintenance of the proposed facility
will have on the site impact area including, but not limited to, the following:
a. A forecast of the permanent impact of the
construction, operation, and maintenance of the proposed facility on commercial
and industrial sectors, housing, land values, labor market, health facilities,
sewage and water, fire and public protection, recreational facilities, schools
and transportation facilities.
b. A
forecast of any temporary impact placed upon housing, schools or other
community facilities as a result of a temporary influx of workers during the
construction of the proposed facility.
c. A forecast of the impact of the proposed
facility on property taxes of affected taxing jurisdictions. The forecast shall
include the effects on property taxes caused by all community development
proximately related to the construction of the proposed facility.
d. A forecast of the impact on agricultural
production and uses.
e. A forecast
of the impact on open space areas and areas of significant wildlife habitat.
Such forecast shall include identification and description of the impact of the
proposed facility on terrestrial and aquatic plants and animals.
f. A forecast of the impact on transportation
facilities.
g. A forecast of the
impact on cultural resources including known archaeological, historical and
architectural properties, which are on, or eligible for, the National Register
of Historic Places.
h. A forecast
of the impact on landmarks of historic, religious, archaeological, scenic,
natural or other cultural significance. Such information shall include
applicant's plans to coordinate with the office of state archaeologist to
reduce or obviate any adverse impact and the applicant's plans to coordinate
with the state office of disaster services in the event of accidental release
of contaminants from the proposed facility.
(4) Site selection methodology. In section 4,
entitled "Site selection methodology," applicant shall present information
related to its selection of the proposed site for the facility. Such
information shall include the following:
a.
The general criteria used to select alternative sites and how these criteria
were used to select the proposed site.
b. A discussion of the extent to which
reliance upon eminent domain powers could be reduced by use of an alternative
site, alternative generation method or alternative waste handling
method.