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MN Stat § 216B.64 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 216 - 217 — Utilities|Chapter 216B — Public Utilities|Section 216B.64 — Attorney General's Responsibilities.

216B.64 ATTORNEY GENERAL'S RESPONSIBILITIES. The attorney general of the state shall, upon request of the commission or department, represent and appear for the commission or department in all actions and proceedings involving any question under Laws 1974, chapter 429, and shall aid in any investigation or hearing had under the provisions of Laws 1974, chapter 429. The attorney general shall perform all duties and services in connection with Laws 1974, chapter 429 and the enforcement thereof as the commission or department may require. The attorney general shall also bring all actions to collect penalties herein provided. History:  1974 c 429 s 64; 1980 c 614 s 117; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 216B.65 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 216 - 217 — Utilities|Chapter 216B — Public Utilities|Section 216B.65 — Department To Employ Necessary Staff.

216B.65 DEPARTMENT TO EMPLOY NECESSARY STAFF. The department may employ experts, engineers, statisticians, accountants, inspectors, clerks, hearing examiners who may be attorneys and employees it deems necessary to carry out the provisions of Laws 1974, chapter 429. History:   1974 c 429 s 67
MN Stat § 216B.66 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 216 - 217 — Utilities|Chapter 216B — Public Utilities|Section 216B.66 — Construction.

216B.66 CONSTRUCTION. Laws 1974, chapter 429 is complete in itself and other Minnesota statutes are not to be construed as applicable to the supervision or regulation of public utilities by the commission. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with Laws 1974, chapter 429 are repealed insofar as they pertain to the regulation of public utilities as defined herein. History:   1974 c 429 s 69
MN Stat § 216B.67 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 216 - 217 — Utilities|Chapter 216B — Public Utilities|Section 216B.67 — Citation.

216B.67 CITATION. Laws 1974, chapter 429, may be cited as the "Minnesota Public Utilities Act." History:   1974 c 429 s 71
MN Stat § 216B.68 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 216 - 217 — Utilities|Chapter 216B — Public Utilities|Section 216B.68 — Definitions; Mercury Emissions Reduction.

216B.68 DEFINITIONS; MERCURY EMISSIONS REDUCTION. Subdivision 1. Scope. Terms used in sections 216B.68 to 216B.688 have the meanings given them in this section and section 216B.02. Subd. 2. Agency. "Agency" means the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. Subd. 3. Dry scrubbed unit. "Dry scrubbed unit" means a targeted unit at which pollution control technology that uses a spray dryer and fabric filter system to remove pollutants from air emissions is installed or will be installed by December 31, 2007. Subd. 4. Federal mercury regulations. "Federal mercury regulations" means the federal Clean Air Mercury Rule as of January 1, 2006, published in Code of Federal Regulations, title 40, parts 60, 63, 70, and 72. Subd. 5. Mercury emissions reduction. "Mercury emissions reduction" means the amount of mercury reduced from the emissions of a targeted or supplemental unit, relative to the emissions baseline from that unit established under section 216B.681, expressed as a percentage. Subd. 6. Qualifying facility. "Qualifying facility" means an electric generating power plant in Minnesota that, as of January 1, 2006, had a total net dependable capacity in excess of 500 megawatts from all coal-fired electric generating units at the power plant. Subd. 7. Start-up period. "Start-up period" means a period of one year after the date mercury-control equipment is installed at a targeted unit under an approved mercury emissions-reduction plan, or such longer period as the commission may approve after consultation with the Pollution Control Agency, if a longer period is necessary to optimize equipment performance for mercury reduction. Subd. 8. Targeted unit. "Targeted unit" means a coal-fired electric generation unit greater than 100 megawatts at a qualifying facility. Subd. 9. Wet scrubbed unit. "Wet scrubbed unit" means a targeted unit at which pollution control technology that uses water or solutions to remove pollutants from air emissions is installed. History:   2006 c 201 s 5
MN Stat § 216B.681 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 216 - 217 — Utilities|Chapter 216B — Public Utilities|Section 216B.681 — Monitoring Mercury Emissions.

216B.681 MONITORING MERCURY EMISSIONS. By July 1, 2007, a public utility that owns or operates a qualifying facility shall install, maintain, and operate continuous mercury emission-monitoring systems or other method of monitoring approved by the agency on each targeted unit and, where applicable, on each supplemental unit pursuant to section 216B.6851. The monitoring systems must use methods set forth in federal mercury regulations or such other methods as may be approved by the agency. The public utility shall report to the agency as public data the quality assured data produced from monitoring implemented pursuant to this section on a quarterly basis in a form prescribed by the agency. The data from at least six months' monitoring must be used to establish a baseline for mercury emissions reductions under sections 216B.68 to 216B.688. History:   2006 c 201 s 6
MN Stat § 216B.682 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 216 - 217 — Utilities|Chapter 216B — Public Utilities|Section 216B.682 — Mercury Emissions-reduction Plans.

216B.682 MERCURY EMISSIONS-REDUCTION PLANS. Subdivision 1. Dry scrubbed units. (a) By December 31, 2007, a public utility that owns a dry scrubbed unit at a qualifying facility shall develop and submit to the agency and the commission a plan for mercury emissions reduction at each such unit. At each dry scrubbed unit owned and operated by the utility, the plan must propose to employ the available technology for mercury removal that is most likely to result in the removal of at least 90 percent of the mercury emitted from the unit. (b) A plan submitted under this subdivision must provide for mercury emissions reduction at each dry scrubbed unit to be implemented by December 31, 2010. A public utility that owns two dry scrubbed targeted units must submit a plan that provides for implementation at one unit by December 31, 2009, and at the other unit by December 31, 2010. Subd. 2. Wet scrubbed units. (a) By December 31, 2009, a public utility that owns a wet scrubbed unit at a qualifying facility shall develop and submit to the agency and the commission a plan for mercury emissions reduction at each such unit. At each wet scrubbed unit owned by the utility, the plan must propose to employ the available technology for mercury removal that is most likely to result in the removal of at least 90 percent of the mercury emitted from the unit. (b) A plan submitted under this subdivision must provide for mercury emissions reduction at each wet scrubbed unit to be implemented by December 31, 2014. Subd. 3. Mercury emissions plans generally. (a) In each plan submitted under this section, a utility shall present information assessing that plan's ability to optimize human health benefits and achieve cost efficiencies. Each plan must provide the cost, technical feasibility, and mercury emissions reduction expected for the utility's preferred technology option and each alternative considered. The utility shall demonstrate that it has considered achieving the mercury emissions reduction required under this section through multiple pollutant control technology. (b) A plan submitted under this section may also: (1) provide measures to reduce the cost and maximize the flexibility of each option proposed or considered; and (2) specify permit targets or conditions proposed by the public utility for each mercury emission-control option proposed or considered, including, but not limited to, numeric emission targets, percent removal expectations, emission control technology installation and operation requirements or work practice standards, and potential changes in the performance of the mercury emissions-reduction technology over time. (c) The utility may submit an emissions rate rider to the commission under section 216B.683 to recover the costs associated with plans filed under this section. History:   2006 c 201 s 7
MN Stat § 216B.683 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 216 - 217 — Utilities|Chapter 216B — Public Utilities|Section 216B.683 — Mercury Emissions Reduction; Cost Recovery, Financial Incentives.

216B.683 MERCURY EMISSIONS REDUCTION; COST RECOVERY, FINANCIAL INCENTIVES. Subdivision 1. Emissions-reduction riders. (a) A public utility required to file a mercury emissions-reduction plan under sections 216B.68 to 216B.688 may also file for approval of emissions-reduction rate riders pursuant to section 216B.1692, subdivision 3, for its mercury control and other environmental improvement initiatives under sections 216B.68 to 216B.688. (b) In addition to the cost recovery provided by section 216B.1692, subdivision 3, the emissions-reduction rate riders may include recovery of costs associated with (1) the purchase and installation of continuous mercury emission-monitoring systems, (2) costs associated with the purchase and installation of emissions-reduction equipment, (3) construction work in progress, (4) ongoing operation and maintenance costs associated with the utility's emission-control initiatives, including, but not limited to, the cost of any sorbent or emission-control reagent injected into the unit, (5) any project costs incurred before plan approval that are demonstrated to the commission's satisfaction to be part of the plan, and (6) any studies undertaken by the utility in support of the emissions-reduction plan. (c) The utility may propose to phase in the emissions-reduction riders to recover these costs over the development and life of the projects. Subd. 2. Performance-based incentives. A mercury emissions-reduction rider approved by the commission may include performance-based financial incentives if the commission determines that the incentives will increase the likelihood that the utility will exceed 90 percent mercury emissions reductions, provided the incentives do not impose excessive costs on the utility's consumers when added to the costs recovered under subdivision 1. These incentives may include increased returns on investments or other performance-based incentives. The commission may structure the financial incentives to escalate for each additional increment of mercury emissions reduction achieved by the utility above the 90 percent mercury emissions reduction. Subd. 3. Application of other law; associated rider. (a) Section 216B.1692 applies to plans and emissions-control riders proposed under sections 216B.68 to 216B.688, except that: (1) projects included in a plan approved under sections 216B.68 to 216B.688 are deemed to be qualifying projects for the purposes of section 216B.1692; and (2) section 216B.1692, subdivisions 5, paragraph (c), and 6, do not apply to plans or riders submitted under sections 216B.68 to 216B.688. (b) Commission approval of an emissions-reduction plan under this section includes approval of an emissions-reduction rider associated with that plan if submitted by the utility. History:   2006 c 201 s 8
MN Stat § 216B.684 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 216 - 217 — Utilities|Chapter 216B — Public Utilities|Section 216B.684 — Environmental Assessment Of Mercury Emissions-reduction Plan.

216B.684 ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF MERCURY EMISSIONS-REDUCTION PLAN. The Pollution Control Agency shall evaluate a utility's mercury emissions-reduction plans filed under sections 216B.682 and 216B.6851 and submit its evaluation to the Public Utilities Commission within 180 days of the date the plan is filed with the agency and commission. In its review, the agency shall (1) assess whether the utility's plan meets the requirements of section 216B.682 or 216B.6851, as applicable, (2) evaluate the environmental and public health benefits of each option proposed or considered by the utility, including benefits associated with reductions in pollutants other than mercury, (3) assess the technical feasibility and cost-effectiveness of technologies proposed or considered by the utility for achieving mercury emissions reduction, and (4) advise the commission of the appropriateness of the utility's plan. In preparing its assessment, the agency may request additional information from the utility, especially with regard to alternative technologies or configurations applicable to the specific unit, and the estimated costs of those alternatives. History:   2006 c 201 s 9
MN Stat § 216B.686 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 216 - 217 — Utilities|Chapter 216B — Public Utilities|Section 216B.686 — Other Environmental Improvement Plans.

216B.686 OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT PLANS. Subdivision 1. Utility filing.  (a) In order to encourage a utility to address multiple pollutants, a utility required to submit mercury-reduction plans under sections 216B.68 to 216B.688 may also propose plans for investments and related expenses in pollution control equipment to be installed at facilities in Minnesota needed to comply with state or federal emission-control statutes or regulations that became effective after December 31, 2004. (b) For each plan, the utility must show that the investments in pollution control equipment to be installed at facilities in Minnesota under the plan will provide for increased environmental and public health benefits, do not impose excessive costs on the utility's customers, and will achieve at least the pollution control required by applicable state or federal regulations. Subd. 2. Emissions-reduction riders. A public utility that files a plan under this section may also file for approval of an emissions-reduction rate rider under section 216B.683, subdivision 1. Subd. 3. Agency review. (a) The Pollution Control Agency shall evaluate a utility's plans filed under this section and, within 180 days of receiving the filing, provide the commission with: (1) verification that the emissions-reduction project qualifies under subdivision 1; (2) a description of the projected environmental benefits of the proposed project; and (3) its assessment of the appropriateness of the proposed plans. (b) In preparing its review under this subdivision, the agency may request additional information from the utility, especially with regard to alternative technologies or configurations applicable to a specific unit, and the estimated costs of those alternatives. Subd. 4. Commission approval. The commission shall review and evaluate a utility's plans and associated emissions-reduction riders for other environmental improvement initiatives submitted under this section. The commission shall consider the overall environmental and public health benefits, total costs, and competitiveness of customer rates. Within 180 days of receiving the agency's report prepared under subdivision 3, the commission shall approve the plan and associated emissions-reduction rider if the commission finds that it meets the requirements of subdivision 1, paragraph (b). History:   2006 c 201 s 12
MN Stat § 216B.687 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 216 - 217 — Utilities|Chapter 216B — Public Utilities|Section 216B.687 — Mercury Emissions Reduction Implementation, Operation.

216B.687 MERCURY EMISSIONS REDUCTION IMPLEMENTATION, OPERATION. Subdivision 1. Permit conditions for mercury reductions. The agency shall establish the mercury emissions reduction for each targeted unit included in a plan approved under section 216B.685, or where applicable, for each targeted and supplemental unit included in a plan approved under section 216B.6851. Subd. 2. Enforcement by agency. (a) Except as required by federal regulation, any mercury reduction incorporated into the permit for a targeted unit as established under a plan approved under section 216B.685, or where applicable, for each targeted and supplemental unit included in a plan approved under section 216B.6851, must be a state-only condition of the permit and will not be enforced by the agency during the start-up period. (b) After the start-up period ends, the Pollution Control Agency shall incorporate into the permit the mercury reduction reasonably expected to be achieved at each unit or facility as an enforceable state-only reduction. For a qualifying facility with multiple units that has one or more units included in approved plans, the agency may establish the mercury emissions reduction for the facility covering all targeted and supplemental units at that facility after the start-up periods for all units have concluded, and the actual mercury emissions for the units have been determined. In setting the reduction, the agency shall give due consideration to the results of monitoring before implementation of the plan, the results of monitoring during the start-up period, and any factors that may impact the performance of the unit for the next five years. Subd. 3. Equipment optimization required. The agency shall revise the unit's air permit every five years to ensure optimal mercury emissions reduction by equipment installed under an approved plan, in light of technical and operational advances made since the date of plan approval. In revising the unit's air permit, the agency may recommend, but shall not require, additional investments in pollution control equipment, or the removal of equipment installed pursuant to an approved plan. The utility may seek commission review of the costs associated with a permit requirement or request for equipment optimization proposed by the agency and, if review is requested, the revision is not effective until approved by the commission. The commission shall approve the revision unless the utility or other party shows that it will impose excessive consumer costs. History:   2006 c 201 s 13
MN Stat § 216B.688 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 216 - 217 — Utilities|Chapter 216B — Public Utilities|Section 216B.688 — Relationship To Other State Financial Requirements.

216B.688 RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER STATE FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS. Except as otherwise provided for equipment optimization as specified in section 216B.687, a public utility implementing an approved mercury emissions-reduction plan is not required to undertake additional investments or incur additional operating or maintenance costs to reduce mercury at a unit included in a plan approved under section 216B.685 or 216B.6851. History:   2006 c 201 s 14
MN Stat § 216B.79 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 216 - 217 — Utilities|Chapter 216B — Public Utilities|Section 216B.79 — Preventative Maintenance.

216B.79 PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE. The commission may order public utilities to make adequate infrastructure investments and undertake sufficient preventative maintenance with regard to generation, transmission, and distribution facilities. The commission's authority under this section also applies to any transmission company that owns or operates electric transmission lines in Minnesota. History:  2001 c 212 art 3 s 2; 2005 c 97 art 1 s 11
MN Stat § 216B.82 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 216 - 217 — Utilities|Chapter 216B — Public Utilities|Section 216B.82 — Local Power Quality Zones.

216B.82 LOCAL POWER QUALITY ZONES. (a) Upon joint petition of a public utility as defined in section 216B.02, subdivision 4, and any customer located within the utility's service territory, the commission may establish a zone within that utility's service territory where the utility will install additional, redundant, or upgraded components of the electric distribution infrastructure that are designed to decrease the risk of power outages, provided the utility and all of its customers located within the proposed zone have approved the installation of the components and the financial recovery plan prior to the creation of the zone. Prior to commission approval, the utility must notify each customer within the proposed zone of the total costs of the installation, an estimate of the customer's share of those costs, and the potential benefits of the local power quality zone to the customer. (b) The commission shall authorize the utility to collect all costs of the installation of any components under this section, including initial investment, operation, and maintenance costs, and taxes from all customers within the zone, through tariffs and surcharges for service in a zone that appropriately reflect the cost of service to those customers, provided the customers agree to pay all costs for a predetermined period, including costs of component removal, if appropriate. (c) Nothing in this section limits the ability of the utility and any customer to enter into customer-specific agreements pursuant to applicable statutory, rule, or tariff provisions. Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit the quality of service outside a designated zone to decline. History:   2005 c 97 art 8 s 2
MN Stat § 216C.01 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 216 - 217 — Utilities|Chapter 216C — Energy Planning And Conservation|Section 216C.01 — Definitions.

216C.01 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Applicability. The definitions in this section apply to this chapter. Subd. 1a. Alternative fuel. "Alternative fuel" means natural gas; liquefied petroleum gas; hydrogen; coal-derived liquefied fuels; electricity; methanol, denatured ethanol, and other alcohols; mixtures containing 85 percent or more, or other percentage as may be set by regulation by the Secretary of the United States Department of Energy, by volume of methanol, denatured ethanol, and other alcohols with gasoline or other fuels; fuels other than alcohol that are derived from biological materials; and other fuel that the Secretary of the United States Department of Energy determines by regulation to be an alternative fuel within the meaning of section 301(2) of the National Energy Policy Act of 1992, Public Law 102-486, and intended for use in motor vehicles. Subd. 1b. Alternative fuel vehicle. "Alternative fuel vehicle" means a dedicated, flexible, or dual-fuel vehicle operated primarily on an alternative fuel. Subd. 2. Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of commerce. Subd. 2a. Dedicated fuel vehicle. "Dedicated fuel vehicle" means a vehicle that operates solely on alternative fuels. Subd. 3. Department. "Department" means the Department of Commerce. Subd. 4. Dual-fuel vehicle. "Dual-fuel vehicle" means a vehicle that is capable of operating on an alternative fuel and is capable of operating on gasoline or diesel fuel. History:  1987 c 186 s 15; 1987 c 312 art 1 s 7; 1993 c 254 s 2-5; 1995 c 264 art 2 s 5,6; 1998 c 254 art 1 s 65; 1Sp2001 c 4 art 6 s 47-49; 2011 c 76 art 1 s 33
MN Stat § 216C.03 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 216 - 217 — Utilities|Chapter 216C — Energy Planning And Conservation|Section 216C.03 — State Government Energy-savings Plan.

216C.03 STATE GOVERNMENT ENERGY-SAVINGS PLAN. The commissioner of commerce, in coordination with the commissioners of the agencies listed in section 15.01, the chancellor of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, and the president of the University of Minnesota, shall identify policy options, barriers, and economic benefits and costs for state government operations to achieve the energy-savings goals in section 216B.2401 and the resulting carbon emissions reductions. History:  2007 c 136 art 2 s 7; 2014 c 222 art 1 s 29