2019 Iowa Code
Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES
Chapter 476 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION
Section 476.72 - Definitions.

Universal Citation: IA Code § 476.72 (2019)

476.72 Definitions.

As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. “Affiliate” means a party that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with a rate-regulated public utility.

2. “Control” means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of an enterprise through ownership, by contract or otherwise.

3. “Nonutility service” includes the sale, lease, or other conveyance of commercial and residential gas or electric appliances, interior lighting systems and fixtures, or heating, ventilating, or air conditioning systems and component parts or the servicing, repair, or maintenance of such equipment.

4. “Public utility” means a rate-regulated public utility providing electric, gas, water, sanitary sewage, or storm water drainage service, or any combination thereof.

5. “Utility business” means the generation or transmission of electricity or furnishing of gas or furnishing electricity to the public for compensation.

89 Acts, ch 103, §3; 2014 Acts, ch 1026, §143; 2014 Acts, ch 1099, §9; 2018 Acts, ch 1024, §2

Subsection 4 amended

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