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MN Stat § 216B.091 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 216 - 217 — Utilities|Chapter 216B — Public Utilities|Section 216B.091 — Monthly Reports.

216B.091 MONTHLY REPORTS. (a) Each public utility must report the following data on residential customers to the commission monthly, in a format determined by the commission: (1) number of customers; (2) number and total amount of accounts past due; (3) average customer past due amount; (4) total revenue received from the low-income home energy assistance program and other sources contributing to the bills of low-income persons; (5) average monthly bill; (6) total sales revenue; (7) total write-offs due to uncollectible bills; (8) number of disconnection notices mailed; (9) number of accounts disconnected for nonpayment; (10) number of accounts reconnected to service; and (11) number of accounts that remain disconnected, grouped by the duration of disconnection, as follows: (i) 1-30 days; (ii) 31-60 days; and (iii) more than 60 days. (b) Monthly reports for October through April must also include the following data: (1) number of cold weather protection requests; (2) number of payment arrangement requests received and granted; (3) number of right to appeal notices mailed to customers; (4) number of reconnect request appeals withdrawn; (5) number of occupied heat-affected accounts disconnected for 24 hours or more for electric and natural gas service separately; (6) number of occupied non-heat-affected accounts disconnected for 24 hours or more for electric and gas service separately; (7) number of customers granted cold weather rule protection; (8) number of customers disconnected who did not request cold weather rule protection; and (9) number of customers disconnected who requested cold weather rule protection. (c) The data reported under paragraphs (a) and (b) is presumed to be accurate upon submission and must be made available through the commission's electronic filing system. A monthly report must be filed with the commission no later than 45 days after the last day of the month for which data is reported. History:  2007 c 57 art 2 s 11; 2008 c 162 s 1
MN Stat § 216B.0951 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 216 - 217 — Utilities|Chapter 216B — Public Utilities|Section 216B.0951 — Propane Prepurchase Program.

216B.0951 PROPANE PREPURCHASE PROGRAM. Subdivision 1. Establishment. The commissioner of commerce shall operate, or contract to operate, a propane fuel prepurchase fuel program. The commissioner may contract at any time of the year to purchase the lesser of one-third of the liquid propane fuel consumed by low-income home energy assistance program recipients during the previous heating season or the amount that can be purchased with available funds. The propane fuel prepurchase program must be available statewide through each local agency that administers the energy assistance program. The commissioner may decide to limit or not engage in prepurchasing if the commissioner finds that there is a reasonable likelihood that prepurchasing will not provide fuel-cost savings. Subd. 2. Hedge account. The commissioner may establish a hedge account with realized program savings due to prepurchasing. The account must be used to compensate program recipients an amount up to the difference in cost for fuel provided to the recipient if winter-delivered fuel prices are lower than the prepurchase or summer-fill price. No more than ten percent of the aggregate prepurchase program savings may be used to establish the hedge account. Subd. 3. Report. The Department of Commerce shall issue a report by June 30, 2008, made available electronically on its website and in print upon request, that contains the following information: (1) the cost per gallon of prepurchased fuel; (2) the total gallons of fuel prepurchased; (3) the average cost of propane each month between October and the following April; (4) the number of energy assistance program households receiving prepurchased fuel; and (5) the average savings accruing or benefit increase provided to energy assistance households. History:   2007 c 57 art 2 s 12
MN Stat § 216B.0975 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 216 - 217 — Utilities|Chapter 216B — Public Utilities|Section 216B.0975 — Disconnection During Extreme Heat Conditions.

216B.0975 DISCONNECTION DURING EXTREME HEAT CONDITIONS. A utility may not effect an involuntary disconnection of residential services in affected counties when an excessive heat watch, heat advisory, or excessive heat warning issued by the National Weather Service is in effect. For purposes of this section, "utility" means a public utility providing electric service, municipal utility, or cooperative electric association. History:   1Sp2003 c 11 art 3 s 3
MN Stat § 216B.0976 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 216 - 217 — Utilities|Chapter 216B — Public Utilities|Section 216B.0976 — Notice Of Utility Disconnection.

216B.0976 NOTICE OF UTILITY DISCONNECTION. Subdivision 1. Notice required. Notwithstanding section 13.685 or any other law or administrative rule to the contrary, a public utility, cooperative electric association, or municipal utility must provide notice to a statutory city or home rule charter city, and to the department, as prescribed by this section, of disconnection of a customer's gas or electric service. Upon written request from a city or the department, on October 1 and November 1 of each year, or the next business day if that date falls on a Saturday or Sunday, a report must be made available to the city or the department of the address of properties currently disconnected and the date of the disconnection. Upon written request from a city or the department, between October 1 and April 30, daily reports must be made available of the address and date of any newly disconnected properties. A city provided notice under this section must provide the information on disconnection to the police and fire departments of the city within three business days of receipt of the notice. For the purpose of this section, "disconnection" means a cessation of services initiated by the public utility, cooperative electric association, or municipal utility that affects the primary heat source of a residence and service is not reconnected within 24 hours. Subd. 2. Data. Data on customers that are provided under subdivision 1 are private data on individuals or nonpublic data, as defined in section 13.02. History:  2008 c 253 s 2; 1Sp2021 c 4 art 8 s 15
MN Stat § 216B.0991 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 216 - 217 — Utilities|Chapter 216B — Public Utilities|Section 216B.0991 — Definitions.

216B.0991 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Scope. For the purposes of sections 216B.0991 to 216B.0995, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them. Subd. 2. Customer. "Customer" means a person who has an established relationship with a propane distributor and whose propane system meets the safety guidelines established by the propane distributor for residential heating service. Subd. 3. LIHEAP. "LIHEAP" means the low-income home energy assistance program. Subd. 4. Propane distributor. "Propane distributor" means a person who sells propane at retail to customers as their primary residential heat source; propane distributors are not public utilities. Subd. 5. Residential heating service. "Residential heating service" means the provision of the primary source of heat for the interior of a residential structure. History:   2014 c 254 s 3
MN Stat § 216B.0992 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 216 - 217 — Utilities|Chapter 216B — Public Utilities|Section 216B.0992 — Price And Fee Disclosure.

216B.0992 PRICE AND FEE DISCLOSURE. A propane distributor must provide a document listing the current per-gallon price of propane and all additional charges, fees, and discounts that pertain to residential heating service. The document must be: (1) made available to the general public upon request; and (2) provided to new customers before residential heating service is initiated. History:   2014 c 254 s 4
MN Stat § 216B.0993 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 216 - 217 — Utilities|Chapter 216B — Public Utilities|Section 216B.0993 — Budget Payment Plan.

216B.0993 BUDGET PAYMENT PLAN. (a) A propane distributor who offers customers a budget payment plan must make that same plan available to all customers, including those who participate in the LIHEAP program. (b) A budget payment plan must equalize a customer's estimated annual propane bill by dividing it into equal monthly payments. Any budget plan started after the propane distributor's traditional budget plan start date will be divided by the remaining months in the budget plan year. Any positive balance remaining at the end of a year may, at the customer's discretion, be provided to the customer as a cash payment or carried over as a credit on the customer's bill for the next year. (c) A propane distributor must notify a customer on a budget payment plan of a price or fee change that may affect the monthly amount due under the budget payment plan by more than 20 percent. (d) A propane distributor may alter or terminate the plan if a customer has failed to pay two monthly payments during the period of the budget payment plan. In lieu of the requirements of this section, the parties may enter into a mutually agreeable plan. History:   2014 c 254 s 5
MN Stat § 216B.0994 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 216 - 217 — Utilities|Chapter 216B — Public Utilities|Section 216B.0994 — Propane Purchase Contracts.

216B.0994 PROPANE PURCHASE CONTRACTS. A propane distributor is prohibited from adding any service, distribution, transportation, or similar fees to customer billings for those customers who have entered into a contract for prepurchasing or capitated pricing of propane for the period of the contract provided that: (1) the customer has met all obligations of that contract; and (2) the propane distributor can receive product from its contracted supply points and a force majeure has not been declared by the propane distributor's supplier. History:   2014 c 254 s 6
MN Stat § 216B.0995 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 216 - 217 — Utilities|Chapter 216B — Public Utilities|Section 216B.0995 — Terms Of Sale.

216B.0995 TERMS OF SALE. Subdivision 1. Cash sales. A propane distributor with an available supply of propane must not refuse to sell propane to a customer who: (1) pays the distributor's established price upon delivery in cash, by certified or cashier's check, or by commercial money order or its equivalent; or (2) receives energy assistance from LIHEAP or a governmental or private agency that has funds available to pay for a delivery. Subd. 2. LIHEAP participation; delivery. A propane distributor who accepts LIHEAP payments must, upon request, make available to its customers information regarding LIHEAP, including income eligibility and contact information for organizations accepting LIHEAP applications. Subd. 3. Third-party credit disclosure. A propane distributor must not make known the names of past or present delinquent customers to other propane distributors, except in the course of a routine credit check performed when a prospective customer applies for credit privileges. History:   2014 c 254 s 7
MN Stat § 216B.10 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 216 - 217 — Utilities|Chapter 216B — Public Utilities|Section 216B.10 — Accounting.

216B.10 ACCOUNTING. Subdivision 1. System of accounts. The commission shall establish a system of accounts to be kept by public utilities subject to its jurisdiction. A public utility which maintains its accounts in accordance with the system of accounts prescribed by a federal agency or authority shall be deemed to be in compliance with the system of accounts prescribed by the commission. Where optional accounting is prescribed by a federal agency or authority, the commission may prescribe which option is to be followed. Subd. 2. Other business of public utility. Every public utility engaged directly or indirectly in any other business than that of the production, transmission or furnishing of natural gas or electric service shall, if required by the commission, keep and render separately to the commission in like manner and form the accounts of all the other business, in which case all the provisions of Laws 1974, chapter 429 shall apply to the books, accounts, papers, and records of the other business. Subd. 3. Manner and form. Every public utility is required to keep and render its books, accounts, papers, and records accurately and faithfully in the manner and form prescribed by the commission, and to comply with all directions of the commission relating to these books, accounts, papers, and records. Subd. 4. Reports. The commission may require any public utility to file annual reports in the form and content, having regard for the provisions of this section, as the commission may require, and special reports concerning any matter about which the commission is authorized to inquire or to keep itself informed. The commission may require the reports to be verified. The basic financial statements in the annual report of a public utility may, at the direction of the public utilities commission, be examined by an independent certified public accountant and the accountant's opinion thereof included in the annual report filed with the commission. Subd. 5. Audit. The commission may require the examination and audit of all accounts, and all items shall be allocated to the accounts in the manner prescribed by the commission. Subd. 6.  [Repealed, 1981 c 142 s 3] History:  1974 c 429 s 10; 1980 c 614 s 123; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 216B.105 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 216 - 217 — Utilities|Chapter 216B — Public Utilities|Section 216B.105 — Customer Share Of Mercury Control Costs.

216B.105 CUSTOMER SHARE OF MERCURY CONTROL COSTS. A utility selling electricity at retail shall report in a biannual bill insert the amount of the customer's total bill that represents the utility's capital and operating costs to control mercury emissions to the atmosphere as required under sections 216B.68 to 216B.688. History:   2006 c 201 s 3
MN Stat § 216B.11 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 216 - 217 — Utilities|Chapter 216B — Public Utilities|Section 216B.11 — Depreciation Rates And Practices.

216B.11 DEPRECIATION RATES AND PRACTICES. The commission shall fix proper and adequate rates and methods of depreciation, amortization, or depletion in respect of utility property, and every public utility shall conform its depreciation, amortization or depletion accounts to the rates and methods fixed by the commission. History:  1974 c 429 s 11; 1981 c 142 s 2
MN Stat § 216B.12 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 216 - 217 — Utilities|Chapter 216B — Public Utilities|Section 216B.12 — Right Of Entrance; Inspection.

216B.12 RIGHT OF ENTRANCE; INSPECTION. Subdivision 1. Authority of commission and department. The commissioners and the duly authorized officers and employees of the department, during business hours, may enter upon any premises occupied by any public utility for the purpose of making examinations and tests and to inspect the accounts, books, papers, and documents of any public utility for the purpose of exercising any power provided for in Laws 1974, chapter 429, and may set up and use on the premises any apparatus and appliance necessary therefor. Such public utility shall have the right to be represented at the making of the examinations, tests, and inspections. The public utility, its officers and employees, shall facilitate the examinations, tests, and inspections by giving every reasonable aid to the commissioners and any person or persons designated by the department for the duties aforesaid. Subd. 2.  [Repealed, 1981 c 142 s 3] History:   1974 c 429 s 12
MN Stat § 216B.13 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 216 - 217 — Utilities|Chapter 216B — Public Utilities|Section 216B.13 — Production And Examination Of Records.

216B.13 PRODUCTION AND EXAMINATION OF RECORDS. Subdivision 1. Authority of commission. The commission may require, by order served on any public utility in the manner provided herein for the service of orders, the production within this state at a reasonable time and place as the commission may designate, of any books, accounts, papers, or records of the public utility relating to its business or affairs within the state, pertinent to any lawful inquiry and kept by said public utility in any office or place within or without this state, or, at its option, verified or photostatic copies in lieu thereof, so that an examination thereof may be made by the commission or under its direction. Subd. 2.  [Repealed, 1981 c 142 s 3] History:   1974 c 429 s 13
MN Stat § 216B.14 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 216 - 217 — Utilities|Chapter 216B — Public Utilities|Section 216B.14 — Investigation.

216B.14 INVESTIGATION. The commission upon complaint or upon its own initiative and whenever it may deem it necessary in the performance of its duties may investigate and examine the condition and operation of any public utility or any part thereof. In conducting the investigations the commission may proceed either with or without a hearing as it may deem best, but it shall make no order without affording the affected parties a hearing. History:   1974 c 429 s 14
MN Stat § 216B.15 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 216 - 217 — Utilities|Chapter 216B — Public Utilities|Section 216B.15 — Hearings; Examiner.

216B.15 HEARINGS; EXAMINER. The commission may, in addition to the hearings specifically provided for by Laws 1974, chapter 429, conduct any other hearings as may reasonably be required in the administration of the powers and duties conferred upon it by Laws 1974, chapter 429. The commission may designate one of its members to act as an examiner for the purpose of holding any hearing which the commission has the power or authority to hold or in the event parties to the hearing so stipulate the commission may designate a qualified commission employee as the examiner. Reasonable notice of all hearings shall be given the persons interested therein as determined by the commission. History:   1974 c 429 s 15
MN Stat § 216B.1613 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 216 - 217 — Utilities|Chapter 216B — Public Utilities|Section 216B.1613 — Standardized Contract.

216B.1613 STANDARDIZED CONTRACT. Within 60 days of May 20, 2009, each utility, as defined in section 216B.1691, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), shall file with the commission a standardized contract form for the purchase of electricity from projects with a nameplate capacity of five megawatts or less. The standardized contract form must be similar in all material respects to the standard contract form previously filed with the commission under section 216B.2423, subdivision 3, including any revisions to that contract on file with the commission as of May 20, 2009. After consultation with wind developers and producers, a utility governed by this section may modify the standardized contract currently on file under section 216B.2423 prior to submitting its standard contract form under this section if the modifications are reasonably necessary to account for circumstances that are unique to that particular utility. The commission shall not approve a contract that is not in compliance with this section. History:   2009 c 110 s 10
MN Stat § 216B.1614 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 216 - 217 — Utilities|Chapter 216B — Public Utilities|Section 216B.1614 — Electric Vehicle Charging Tariff.

216B.1614 ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING TARIFF. Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section, the terms defined in this subdivision have the meanings given them. (b) "Electric vehicle" has the meaning given in section 169.011, subdivision 26a. (c) "Public utility" has the meaning given in section 216B.02, subdivision 4. (d) "Renewable energy" has the meaning given in section 216B.169, subdivision 2, paragraph (d). Subd. 2. Required tariff. (a) By February 1, 2015, each public utility selling electricity at retail must file with the commission a tariff that allows a customer to purchase electricity solely for the purpose of recharging an electric vehicle. The tariff must: (1) contain either a time-of-day or off-peak rate, as elected by the public utility; (2) offer a customer the option to purchase electricity: (i) from the utility's current mix of energy supply sources; or (ii) entirely from renewable energy sources, subject to the conditions established under section 216B.169, subdivision 2, paragraph (b), and subdivision 3, paragraph (a); and (3) be made available to the residential customer class. (b) The public utility may, at its discretion, offer the tariff to other customer classes. (c) The commission shall, after notice and opportunity for public comment, approve, modify, or reject the tariff. The commission may approve the tariff if the public utility has demonstrated that the tariff: (1) appropriately reflects off-peak versus peak cost differences in the rate charged; (2) includes a mechanism to allow the recovery of costs reasonably necessary to comply with this section, including costs to inform and educate customers about the financial, energy conservation, and environmental benefits of electric vehicles and to publicly advertise and promote participation in the customer-optional tariff; (3) provides for clear and transparent customer billing statements including, but not limited to, the amount of energy consumed under the tariff; and (4) incorporates the cost of metering or submetering within the rate charged to the customer. (d) Within 60 days of commission approval of a public utility's tariff filed under this section, the public utility shall make the tariff available to customers. (e) The utility may at any time propose revisions to a tariff filed under this subdivision based on changing costs or conditions. Subd. 3. Data reporting. Each public utility providing a tariff under this section shall periodically report to the commission, as established by the commission and on a form prescribed by the commission, the following information, organized on a per-quarter basis: (1) the number of customers who have arranged to purchase electricity under the tariff; (2) the total amount of electricity sold under the tariff; and (3) other data required by the commission. History:   2014 c 254 s 10
MN Stat § 216B.1621 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 216 - 217 — Utilities|Chapter 216B — Public Utilities|Section 216B.1621 — Electric Service Agreement.

216B.1621 ELECTRIC SERVICE AGREEMENT. Subdivision 1. Agreement. When a retail customer of a public utility proposes to acquire power from or construct a new electric power generation facility in the assigned service area of the utility serving the retail customer to provide all or part of the customer's electric service needs, the public utility may negotiate with and enter into an agreement with the customer to supply electric power to the customer in order to defer construction of the facility until the utility has need of power generated by the proposed facility, if the Public Utilities Commission approves the agreement under subdivision 2. Subd. 2. Commission approval. (a) The commission shall approve an agreement under this section upon finding that: (1) the proposed electric service power generation facility could reasonably be expected to qualify for a market value exclusion under section 272.0211; (2) the public utility has a contractual option to purchase electric power from the proposed facility; and (3) the public utility can use the output from the proposed facility to meet its future need for power as demonstrated in the most recent resource plan filed with and approved by the commission under section 216B.2422. (b) Sections 216B.03, 216B.05, 216B.06, 216B.07, 216B.16, 216B.162, and 216B.23 do not apply to an agreement under this section. History:   1996 c 444 s 1