Bill Text: MN SF2098 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Cooperative electric associations report to commission in lieu of an integrated resources plan filing requirement modification
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2012-05-07 - Secretary of State Chapter 268 05/02/12 [SF2098 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2011-SF2098-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Cooperative electric associations report to commission in lieu of an integrated resources plan filing requirement modification
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2012-05-07 - Secretary of State Chapter 268 05/02/12 [SF2098 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2011-SF2098-Engrossed.html
1.2relating to utilities; modifying the reporting obligations of certain cooperative
1.3utilities under the integrated resource planning process;amending Minnesota
1.4Statutes 2010, section 216B.2422, by adding a subdivision.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 216B.2422, is amended by adding a
1.7subdivision to read:
1.8 Subd. 2b. Optional integrated resource plan compliance for certain
1.9cooperatives. For the purposes of this subdivision, a "cooperative" means a generating
1.10and transmission cooperative electric association that has at least 80 percent of its member
1.11distribution cooperatives located outside of Minnesota and that provides less than four
1.12percent of the electricity annually sold at retail in the state of Minnesota. A cooperative
1.13may, in lieu of filing a resource plan under subdivision 2, elect to file a report to the
1.14commission under this subdivision. The report must include projected demand levels for
1.15the next 15 years and generation resources to meet any projected generation deficiencies.
1.16To supply the information required in a report under this subdivision, a cooperative may
1.17use reports submitted under section 216C.17, subdivision 2, reports to regional reliability
1.18organizations, or similar reports submitted to other state utility commissions. A report
1.19must be submitted annually by July 1, but the commission may extend the time if it finds
1.20the extension in the public interest. Presentation of the annual report shall be done in
1.21accordance with procedures established by the commission. Data in a report under this
1.22subdivision may be aggregate data and need not be separately reported for individual
1.23distribution cooperative members of the cooperative. The commission may take whatever
2.1action in response to a report under this subdivision that it could take with respect to a
2.2report by a cooperative under subdivision 2.
2.3EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
2.4A cooperative must complete an integrated resource plan pending on the effective date
2.5of this section under section 216B.2422, subdivision 2, before it may make an election
2.6under this section.
1.3utilities under the integrated resource planning process;amending Minnesota
1.4Statutes 2010, section 216B.2422, by adding a subdivision.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 216B.2422, is amended by adding a
1.7subdivision to read:
1.8 Subd. 2b. Optional integrated resource plan compliance for certain
1.9cooperatives. For the purposes of this subdivision, a "cooperative" means a generating
1.10and transmission cooperative electric association that has at least 80 percent of its member
1.11distribution cooperatives located outside of Minnesota and that provides less than four
1.12percent of the electricity annually sold at retail in the state of Minnesota. A cooperative
1.13may, in lieu of filing a resource plan under subdivision 2, elect to file a report to the
1.14commission under this subdivision. The report must include projected demand levels for
1.15the next 15 years and generation resources to meet any projected generation deficiencies.
1.16To supply the information required in a report under this subdivision, a cooperative may
1.17use reports submitted under section 216C.17, subdivision 2, reports to regional reliability
1.18organizations, or similar reports submitted to other state utility commissions. A report
1.19must be submitted annually by July 1, but the commission may extend the time if it finds
1.20the extension in the public interest. Presentation of the annual report shall be done in
1.21accordance with procedures established by the commission. Data in a report under this
1.22subdivision may be aggregate data and need not be separately reported for individual
1.23distribution cooperative members of the cooperative. The commission may take whatever
2.1action in response to a report under this subdivision that it could take with respect to a
2.2report by a cooperative under subdivision 2.
2.3EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
2.4A cooperative must complete an integrated resource plan pending on the effective date
2.5of this section under section 216B.2422, subdivision 2, before it may make an election
2.6under this section.
