Iowa Incentives/Policies for Renewables & Efficiency |
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Last DSIRE Review: 09/27/2012
Program Overview:
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Iowa |
| Incentive Type: |
Corporate Exemption |
| Eligible Renewable/Other Technologies: |
Landfill Gas, Wind, Hydroelectric, Self-generators |
| Applicable Sectors: |
Commercial, Industrial, Residential, Local Government |
| Amount: | 100% exemption for self-generators, landfill gas and wind
Reduced rate for large hydro |
| Maximum Incentive: | None |
| Start Date: | 01/01/2008 (retroactively effective) |
Authority 1:
Date Enacted:
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Iowa Code § 437A.6
2000
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Authority 2:
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Iowa Code § 437A.3(27)
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Summary:
Iowa imposes a replacement generation tax of 0.06 cents ($0.0006) per kilowatt-hour (kWh) on various forms of electricity generated within the state. This tax is imposed in lieu of a property tax on generation facilities.
Under the Energy Replacement Generation Tax Exemption, the following facilities are exempt from the replacement tax:
- All energy generated by methane gas conversion property, to the extent the property is used in connection or conjunction with a publicly owned sanitary landfill or used to collect waste that would otherwise be collected by or deposited with a publicly owned sanitary landfill.
- Wind energy conversion property that is eligible for a tax credit or that is subject to the special valuation of wind energy conversion property.
- Self-generators with on-site facilities. In order to qualify for the exemption, self -generators must wholly own or lease the facility in question and produce electricity solely for their own consumption, except for inadvertent unscheduled deliveries to their electric utility. However, facilities that do not consume all energy on-site are not required to pay the replacement tax on energy that is used to operate the facility.
In addition, large hydroelectric generators (100 megawatt or more) pay a reduced generation tax equivalent to $0.000001847 per kWh.
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Contact:
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Public Information - Revenue
Iowa Department of Revenue
Hoover State Office Building
1305 E. Walnut
Des Moines, IA 50319
Phone: (800) 367-3388
Phone 2: (515) 281-3114
Fax: (515) 242-6487
Web Site: http://www.iowa.gov/tax/index.html
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