Bill Text: MN SF2296 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Energy transmission lines siting regulation
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-17 - Second reading [SF2296 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-SF2296-Introduced.html
1.2relating to energy; regulating siting of certain transmission lines;amending Laws
1.32013, chapter 57, section 2.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. Laws 2013, chapter 57, section 2, is amended to read:
1.6 Sec. 2. TRANSMISSION LINE; CERTIFICATE OF NEED REQUIRED
1.7AND EVIDENCE REQUIRED.
1.8(a) A high-voltage transmission line with a capacity of 100 kilovolts or more proposed
1.9to be located within a city in the metropolitan area as defined in Minnesota Statutes,
1.10section473.121, subdivision 2 , for which a route permit application was filed between
1.11June 2011 and August 2011, and a certificate of need application was filed between June
1.122012 and August 2012, to rebuild approximately eight miles of 69 kilovolt transmission
1.13with a high-voltage transmission line to meet local area distribution needs, must be
1.14approved in a certificate of need proceeding conducted under Minnesota Statutes, section
1.15216B.243
. The certificate of need may be approved only if the commission finds by clear
1.16and convincing evidence that there is no feasible and available distribution level alternative
1.17to the transmission line. In making its findings the commission shall consider the factors
1.18provided in applicable law and rules including, without limitation, cost-effectiveness,
1.19energy conservation, and the protection or enhancement of environmental quality.
1.20(b) Further proceedings regarding the routing of a high-voltage transmission line
1.21described in this section shall be suspended until the Public Utilities Commission has
1.22made a determination that the transmission line is needed.
1.23(c) If an application for a certificate of need described in paragraph (a) is withdrawn
1.24or otherwise abandoned, this section shall apply to any high-voltage transmission line of
2.1100 kilovolts or more proposed to meet the same needs as the line described in paragraph
2.2(a) and that follows a route that is similar to that of the line subject to paragraph (a). In
2.3addition, a certificate of need for a line subject to this paragraph is not effective until
2.430 days following the adjournment of the regular legislative session next following
2.5commission approval of the certificate of need.
2.6EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
1.32013, chapter 57, section 2.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. Laws 2013, chapter 57, section 2, is amended to read:
1.6 Sec. 2. TRANSMISSION LINE; CERTIFICATE OF NEED REQUIRED
1.7AND EVIDENCE REQUIRED.
1.8(a) A high-voltage transmission line with a capacity of 100 kilovolts or more proposed
1.9to be located within a city in the metropolitan area as defined in Minnesota Statutes,
1.10section
1.11June 2011 and August 2011, and a certificate of need application was filed between June
1.122012 and August 2012, to rebuild approximately eight miles of 69 kilovolt transmission
1.13with a high-voltage transmission line to meet local area distribution needs, must be
1.14approved in a certificate of need proceeding conducted under Minnesota Statutes, section
1.16and convincing evidence that there is no feasible and available distribution level alternative
1.17to the transmission line. In making its findings the commission shall consider the factors
1.18provided in applicable law and rules including, without limitation, cost-effectiveness,
1.19energy conservation, and the protection or enhancement of environmental quality.
1.20(b) Further proceedings regarding the routing of a high-voltage transmission line
1.21described in this section shall be suspended until the Public Utilities Commission has
1.22made a determination that the transmission line is needed.
1.23(c) If an application for a certificate of need described in paragraph (a) is withdrawn
1.24or otherwise abandoned, this section shall apply to any high-voltage transmission line of
2.1100 kilovolts or more proposed to meet the same needs as the line described in paragraph
2.2(a) and that follows a route that is similar to that of the line subject to paragraph (a). In
2.3addition, a certificate of need for a line subject to this paragraph is not effective until
2.430 days following the adjournment of the regular legislative session next following
2.5commission approval of the certificate of need.
2.6EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
