1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to utilities; modifying provision relating to transmission projects reports;
1.3 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 216B.2425, subdivision 2.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 216B.2425, subdivision 2, is amended to 
1.6 	read:
1.7 		Subd. 2.List development; transmission projects report. (a) By November 
1.8 	1 of each odd-numbered year, a transmission projects report must be submitted to the 
1.9 	commission by each utility, organization, or company that:
1.10 	(1) is a public utility, a municipal utility, a cooperative electric association, the 
1.11 	generation and transmission organization that serves each utility or association, or a 
1.12 	transmission company; and
1.13 	(2) owns or operates electric transmission lines in Minnesota, except a company or 
1.14 	organization that owns a transmission line that serves a single customer or interconnects a 
1.15 	single generating facility.
1.16 	(b) The report may be submitted jointly or individually to the commission.
1.17 	(c) The report must:
1.18 	(1) list specific present and reasonably foreseeable future inadequacies in the 
1.19 	transmission system in Minnesota;
1.20 	(2) identify alternative means of addressing each inadequacy listed;
1.21 	(3) identify general economic, environmental, and social issues associated with 
1.22 	each alternative; and
2.1 	(4) provide a summary of public input related to the list of inadequacies and the role 
2.2 	of local government officials and other interested persons in assisting to develop the list 
2.3 	and analyze alternatives.
2.4 	(d) To meet the requirements of this subdivision, reporting parties may rely on 
2.5 	available information and analysis developed by a regional transmission organization 
2.6 	or any subgroup of a regional transmission organization and may develop and include 
2.7 	additional information as necessary.