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MN Stat § 216B.2421 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 216 - 217 — Utilities|Chapter 216B — Public Utilities|Section 216B.2421 — Definition Of Large Energy Facility.

216B.2421 DEFINITION OF LARGE ENERGY FACILITY. Subdivision 1. Applicability. The definition in this section applies to this section and sections 216B.2422 and 216B.243. Subd. 2. Large energy facility. "Large energy facility" means: (1) any electric power generating plant or combination of plants at a single site with a combined capacity of 50,000 kilowatts or more and transmission lines directly associated with the plant that are necessary to interconnect the plant to the transmission system; (2) any high-voltage transmission line with a capacity of 200 kilovolts or more and greater than 1,500 feet in length; (3) any high-voltage transmission line with a capacity of 100 kilovolts or more with more than ten miles of its length in Minnesota or that crosses a state line; (4) any pipeline greater than six inches in diameter and having more than 50 miles of its length in Minnesota used for the transportation of coal, crude petroleum or petroleum fuels or oil, or their derivatives; (5) any pipeline for transporting natural or synthetic gas at pressures in excess of 200 pounds per square inch with more than 50 miles of its length in Minnesota; (6) any facility designed for or capable of storing on a single site more than 100,000 gallons of liquefied natural gas or synthetic gas; (7) any underground gas storage facility requiring a permit pursuant to section 103I.681; (8) any nuclear fuel processing or nuclear waste storage or disposal facility; and (9) any facility intended to convert any material into any other combustible fuel and having the capacity to process in excess of 75 tons of the material per hour. Subd. 3.  [Repealed, 2001 c 212 art 7 s 36] History:  1974 c 307 s 2; 1975 c 170 s 1; 1977 c 381 s 8; Ex1979 c 2 s 11; 1981 c 356 s 248; 1982 c 561 s 1; 1991 c 199 art 2 s 1; 1993 c 327 s 8,9; 1993 c 356 s 2; 2001 c 212 art 7 s 29; 2005 c 97 art 1 s 4
MN Stat § 216B.2423 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 216 - 217 — Utilities|Chapter 216B — Public Utilities|Section 216B.2423 — Wind Power Mandate.

216B.2423 WIND POWER MANDATE. Subdivision 1. Mandate. A public utility, as defined in section 216B.02, subdivision 4, that operates a nuclear-powered electric generating plant within this state must construct and operate, purchase, or contract to construct and operate: (1) 225 megawatts of electric energy installed capacity generated by wind energy conversion systems within the state by December 31, 1998; and (2) an additional 200 megawatts of installed capacity so generated by December 31, 2002. For the purpose of this section, "wind energy conversion system" has the meaning given it in section 216C.06, subdivision 19. Subd. 2. Resource planning mandate. The Public Utilities Commission shall order a public utility subject to subdivision 1, to construct and operate, purchase, or contract to purchase an additional 400 megawatts of electric energy installed capacity generated by wind energy conversion systems by December 31, 2002, subject to resource planning and least cost planning requirements in section 216B.2422. Subd. 2a. Site preference. The Public Utilities Commission shall ensure that a utility subject to the requirements of subdivision 1, clause (2), shall implement that clause with a preference for wind energy conversion systems within the state. This preference shall not prevent the utility from constructing or contracting to construct wind energy conversion systems outside the state, if the Public Utilities Commission determines that selection of a facility within the state conflicts with the requirements of section 216B.03. Subd. 3. Standard contract for wind energy conversion systems. The Public Utilities Commission shall require a public utility subject to subdivision 1 to develop and file in a form acceptable to the commission by October 1, 1997, a standard form contract for the purchase of electricity from wind conversion systems with installed capacity of two megawatts and less. For purposes of applying the two megawatts limit, the installed capacity sold to the public utility from a single seller or affiliated group of sellers shall be cumulated. The standard contract shall include all the terms and conditions for purchasing wind-generated power by the utility, except for price and any other specific terms necessary to ensure system reliability and safety, which shall be separately negotiable. History:  1994 c 641 art 3 s 2; 1997 c 216 s 123; 1999 c 200 s 3
MN Stat § 216B.2426 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 216 - 217 — Utilities|Chapter 216B — Public Utilities|Section 216B.2426 — Opportunities For Distributed Generation.

216B.2426 OPPORTUNITIES FOR DISTRIBUTED GENERATION. The commission shall ensure that opportunities for the installation of distributed generation, as that term is defined in section 216B.169, subdivision 1, paragraph (c), are considered in any proceeding under section 216B.2422, 216B.2425, or 216B.243. History:   2005 c 97 art 8 s 1
MN Stat § 216B.2428 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 216 - 217 — Utilities|Chapter 216B — Public Utilities|Section 216B.2428 — Lifecycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions Accounting Framework; Cost-benefit Test For Innovative Resources.

216B.2428 LIFECYCLE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS ACCOUNTING FRAMEWORK; COST-BENEFIT TEST FOR INNOVATIVE RESOURCES. By June 1, 2022, the commission shall, by order, issue frameworks the commission must use to calculate lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions intensities of each innovative resource, as follows: (1) a general framework to compare the lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions intensities of power-to-hydrogen, strategic electrification, renewable natural gas, district energy, energy efficiency, biogas, carbon capture, and power-to-ammonia; and (2) a cost-benefit analytic framework to be applied to innovative resources and innovation plans filed under section 216B.2427 that the commission must use to compare the cost-effectiveness of those resources and plans. This analytic framework must take into account: (i) the total incremental cost of the plan or resource and the lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions avoided or reduced by the innovative resource or plan, using the framework developed under clause (1); (ii) additional economic costs and benefits, programmatic costs and benefits, additional environmental costs and benefits, and other costs or benefits that may be expected under a plan; and (iii) baseline cost-effectiveness criteria against which an innovation plan should be compared. When establishing baseline criteria, the commission must take into account options available to reduce lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions from natural gas end uses and the goals in section 216C.05, subdivision 2, clause (3), and section 216H.02, subdivision 1. To the maximum reasonable extent, the cost-benefit framework must be consistent with environmental cost values established under section 216B.2422, subdivision 3, and other calculations of the social value of greenhouse gas emissions reductions used by the commission. The commission may update frameworks established under this section as necessary. History:   1Sp2021 c 4 art 8 s 21
MN Stat § 216B.244 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 216 - 217 — Utilities|Chapter 216B — Public Utilities|Section 216B.244 — Nuclear Plant Capacity Requirements.

216B.244 NUCLEAR PLANT CAPACITY REQUIREMENTS. A reactor unit at a nuclear power electric generating plant that has an annual load capacity factor of less than 55 percent for each of three consecutive calendar years must be shut down and cease operating no later than 500 days after the end of the third such consecutive calendar year. For the purposes of this section, "load capacity factor" means the ratio between a reactor unit's average load and its peak load. History:   1994 c 641 art 2 s 3
MN Stat § 216B.2445 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 216 - 217 — Utilities|Chapter 216B — Public Utilities|Section 216B.2445 — Decommissioning Nuclear Plant; Storing Used Fuel.

216B.2445 DECOMMISSIONING NUCLEAR PLANT; STORING USED FUEL. Subdivision 1. Decommissioning costs. (a) The Public Utilities Commission shall, when considering approval of a plan for the accrual of funds for the decommissioning of nuclear facilities filed in accordance with a commission order, include an evaluation of the costs, if any, arising from storage of used nuclear fuel that may be incurred by the state of Minnesota, and any tribal community, county, city, or township where used nuclear fuel is located following the cessation of operations at a nuclear plant. (b) To assist the commission in making the determination required in paragraph (a), the filing shall provide cost estimates, including ratepayer impacts, assuming used nuclear fuel will be stored in the state for 60 years, 100 years, and 200 years following the cessation of operation of the nuclear plant. Subd. 2. Rate. A public utility filing a decommissioning plan in accordance with a commission order and this section may include, as part of a general rate case petition, the costs of decommissioning accrual incurred in complying with a commission order implementing this section. Subd. 3. Commission report. The commission shall prepare a nuclear decommissioning report after each of the commission's periodic review of nuclear decommissioning costs. The report shall be submitted within 180 days of the date of the final order related to that review to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with primary jurisdiction over energy policy and public safety. That report shall, without limitation, include the following: (1) an explanation of the commission's funding decisions regarding nuclear decommissioning; (2) the progress of the United States Department of Energy to remove from Minnesota spent fuel produced by nuclear generating plants in Minnesota; (3) an analysis of the financial and other obligations related to decommissioning and storage of used fuel of the utility holding title to spent nuclear fuel to the state and to host communities, including affected tribal communities; and (4) any recommendations to the legislature on legislation or other actions that may be necessary for addressing long-term or indefinite storage costs. History:   2011 c 97 s 13
MN Stat § 216B.245 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 216 - 217 — Utilities|Chapter 216B — Public Utilities|Section 216B.245 — Pump And Store Hydropower Facility; Prohibition.

216B.245 PUMP AND STORE HYDROPOWER FACILITY; PROHIBITION. A state agency may not issue a permit for the construction of a facility for generating electricity if the facility would be located on top of the bluffs along the Mississippi River and would pump water from any portion of the river, store the water on top of the bluffs, and release the water at a later time to generate the electricity. History:   1993 c 147 s 1
MN Stat § 216B.25 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 216 - 217 — Utilities|Chapter 216B — Public Utilities|Section 216B.25 — Further Action On Previous Order.

216B.25 FURTHER ACTION ON PREVIOUS ORDER. The commission may at any time, on its own motion or upon motion of an interested party, and upon notice to the public utility and after opportunity to be heard, rescind, alter, or amend any order fixing rates, tolls, charges, or schedules, or any other order made by the commission, and may reopen any case following the issuance of an order therein, for the taking of further evidence or for any other reason. Any order rescinding, altering, amending, or reopening a prior order shall have the same effect as an original order. History:   1974 c 429 s 25
MN Stat § 216B.26 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 216 - 217 — Utilities|Chapter 216B — Public Utilities|Section 216B.26 — Order; Effective Date.

216B.26 ORDER; EFFECTIVE DATE. Every decision made by the commission constituting an order or determination is in force and effective 20 days after it has been filed and has been served by personal delivery, electronic service as provided in section 216.17, or by mailing a copy thereof to all parties to the proceeding in which the decision was made or to their attorneys, unless the commission specifies a different date upon which the order becomes effective. History:  1974 c 429 s 26; 2007 c 10 s 6
MN Stat § 216B.28 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 216 - 217 — Utilities|Chapter 216B — Public Utilities|Section 216B.28 — Subpoena; Witness Fee And Mileage.

216B.28 SUBPOENA; WITNESS FEE AND MILEAGE. The commission and each commissioner, or the secretary of the commission may issue subpoenas and all necessary processes in proceedings pending before it; and each process shall extend to all parts of the state and may be served by any person authorized to serve processes of courts of record. Each witness who shall appear before the commission, or at a hearing before one of the individuals designated by it as provided in section 216B.15, or whose deposition is taken, shall receive for attendance the fees and mileage now provided for witnesses in civil cases in courts of record. History:  1974 c 429 s 28; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 216B.29 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 216 - 217 — Utilities|Chapter 216B — Public Utilities|Section 216B.29 — Hearing And Subpoena Compliance Powers.

216B.29 HEARING AND SUBPOENA COMPLIANCE POWERS. The commission and each of the commissioners or authorized examiner, for the purpose mentioned in Laws 1974, chapter 429, may administer oaths and examine witnesses. In case of failure on the part of any person to comply with any subpoena, or in the case of the refusal of any witness to testify concerning any matter on which the witness may be interrogated lawfully, any court of record of general jurisdiction or a judge thereof, on application of the commission, may compel obedience by proceedings for contempt as in the case of disobedience of the requirements of a subpoena issued from the court or a refusal to testify therein. History:  1974 c 429 s 29; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 216B.30 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 216 - 217 — Utilities|Chapter 216B — Public Utilities|Section 216B.30 — Deposition.

216B.30 DEPOSITION. The commission or any party to the proceedings may, in any investigation or hearing before the commission, cause the deposition of witnesses residing within or without the state to be taken in the manner prescribed by law for taking depositions in civil actions in the district court. History:   1974 c 429 s 30
MN Stat § 216B.31 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 216 - 217 — Utilities|Chapter 216B — Public Utilities|Section 216B.31 — Testimony And Production Of Records; Perjury.

216B.31 TESTIMONY AND PRODUCTION OF RECORDS; PERJURY. No person shall be excused from testifying or from producing any book, document, paper, or account in any investigation, or inquiry by, or hearing before, the commission or any commissioner, or person designated by it to conduct hearings, when ordered to do so, upon the ground that the testimony or evidence, book, document, paper, or account required may tend to incriminate the person or subject the person to penalty or forfeiture; but no person shall be prosecuted, punished, or subjected to any forfeiture or penalty for or on account of any act, transaction, matter, or thing concerning which the person shall have been compelled under oath to testify or produce documentary evidence; provided, that no person so testifying shall be exempt from prosecution or punishment for any perjury committed in testimony. History:  1974 c 429 s 31; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 216B.32 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 216 - 217 — Utilities|Chapter 216B — Public Utilities|Section 216B.32 — Certified Copy Of Document As Evidence.

216B.32 CERTIFIED COPY OF DOCUMENT AS EVIDENCE. Copies of official documents and orders filed or deposited according to law in the office of the commission, certified by a commissioner or by the secretary under the official seal of the commission to be true copies of the original shall be evidence in like manner as the originals, in all matters before the commission and in the courts of this state. History:   1974 c 429 s 32
MN Stat § 216B.33 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 216 - 217 — Utilities|Chapter 216B — Public Utilities|Section 216B.33 — Commission Ruling Written, Filed, And Certified.

216B.33 COMMISSION RULING WRITTEN, FILED, AND CERTIFIED. Every order, finding, authorization, or certificate issued or approved by the commission under this chapter must be in writing and retained in the commission's official record system. A certificate under the seal of the commission that any order, finding, authorization, or certificate has not been modified, stayed, suspended, or revoked, must be received in any proceeding as evidence as to the facts therein stated. History:  1974 c 429 s 33; 2007 c 10 s 7
MN Stat § 216B.34 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 216 - 217 — Utilities|Chapter 216B — Public Utilities|Section 216B.34 — Public Records.

216B.34 PUBLIC RECORDS. All decisions, transcripts, and orders of the commission shall be public records. History:   1974 c 429 s 34
MN Stat § 216B.35 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 216 - 217 — Utilities|Chapter 216B — Public Utilities|Section 216B.35 — Transcribed Record.

216B.35 TRANSCRIBED RECORD. A full and complete record shall be kept of all proceedings at any formal hearing had before the commission or any commissioner or hearing examiner and all testimony shall be taken down by a reporter appointed by the commission. A copy of the transcript shall be furnished on demand to any party to the proceedings upon payment of reasonable costs of reproduction. History:   1974 c 429 s 35
MN Stat § 216B.36 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 216 - 217 — Utilities|Chapter 216B — Public Utilities|Section 216B.36 — Municipal Regulatory And Taxing Powers.

216B.36 MUNICIPAL REGULATORY AND TAXING POWERS. Any public utility furnishing the utility services enumerated in section 216B.02 or occupying streets, highways, or other public property within a municipality may be required to obtain a license, permit, right, or franchise in accordance with the terms, conditions, and limitations of regulatory acts of the municipality, including the placing of distribution lines and facilities underground. Under the license, permit, right, or franchise, the utility may be obligated by any municipality to pay to the municipality fees to raise revenue or defray increased municipal costs accruing as a result of utility operations, or both. The fee may include but is not limited to a sum of money based upon gross operating revenues or gross earnings from its operations in the municipality so long as the public utility shall continue to operate in the municipality, unless upon request of the public utility it is expressly released from the obligation at any time by such municipality. Notwithstanding the definition of "public utility" in section 216B.02, subdivision 4, a municipality may require payment of a fee under this section by a cooperative electric association organized under chapter 308A that furnishes utility services within the municipality. All existing licenses, permits, franchises, and other rights acquired by any public utility or municipality prior to April 11, 1974, including the payment of existing franchise fees, shall not be impaired or affected in any respect by the passage of this chapter, except with respect to matters of rate and service regulation, service area assignments, securities, and indebtedness that are vested in the jurisdiction of the commission by this chapter. However, in the event that a court of competent jurisdiction determines, or the parties by mutual agreement determine, that an existing license, permit, franchise, or other right has been abrogated or impaired by this chapter, or its execution, the municipality affected shall impose and the public utility shall collect an excise tax on the utility charges which from year to year yields an amount which is reasonably equivalent to that amount of revenue which then would be due as a fee, charges or other thing or service of value to the municipality under the franchise, license, or permit. The authorization shall be over and above taxing limitations including, but not limited to, those of section 477A.016. Franchises granted pursuant to this section shall be exempt from the provisions of chapter 80C. For purposes of this section, a public utility shall include a cooperative electric association. History:  1974 c 429 s 36; 1978 c 795 s 5; 1Sp1981 c 1 art 6 s 8; 1982 c 378 s 1; 1991 c 291 art 9 s 4
MN Stat § 216B.361 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 216 - 217 — Utilities|Chapter 216B — Public Utilities|Section 216B.361 — Township Agreement With Natural Gas Utility.

216B.361 TOWNSHIP AGREEMENT WITH NATURAL GAS UTILITY. A township may enter into an agreement with a public utility providing natural gas services to provide services within a designated portion or all of the township. If a city annexes township land for which a utility has an agreement with a township to serve, the utility shall continue to have a nonexclusive right to offer and provide service in the area identified by the agreement with the township for the term of that agreement, subject to the authority of the annexing city to manage public rights-of-way within the city as provided in sections 216B.36, 237.162, and 237.163. Nothing in this section precludes a city from acquiring the property of a public utility under sections 216B.45 to 216B.47 for the purpose of allowing the city to own and operate a natural gas utility, or to extend natural gas and other utility services into newly annexed areas. History:   1Sp2003 c 11 art 3 s 5
MN Stat § 216B.37 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 216 - 217 — Utilities|Chapter 216B — Public Utilities|Section 216B.37 — Assigned Service Area; Electric Utility; Legislative Policy.

216B.37 ASSIGNED SERVICE AREA; ELECTRIC UTILITY; LEGISLATIVE POLICY. It is hereby declared to be in the public interest that, in order to encourage the development of coordinated statewide electric service at retail, to eliminate or avoid unnecessary duplication of electric utility facilities, and to promote economical, efficient, and adequate electric service to the public, the state of Minnesota shall be divided into geographic service areas within which a specified electric utility shall provide electric service to customers on an exclusive basis. History:   1974 c 429 s 37