HF 3287

Introduction - 79th Legislature (1995 - 1996)

Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00 a.m.

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to utilities; allowing certain electric 
  1.3             service connections with utilities not having the 
  1.4             assigned service area; amending Minnesota Statutes, 
  1.5             section 216B.42, subdivision 1. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 216B.42, 
  1.8   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  1.9      Subdivision 1.  [LARGE CUSTOMERS OUTSIDE MUNICIPALITIES.] 
  1.10  Notwithstanding the establishment of assigned service areas for 
  1.11  electric utilities provided for in section 216B.39, 
  1.12  customers located outside municipalities and who require 
  1.13  electric service with a connected load of 2,000 kilowatts or 
  1.14  more shall not be obligated to take electric service from the 
  1.15  electric utility having the assigned service area where the 
  1.16  customer is located. if, after notice and hearing, the 
  1.17  commission so determines after consideration of following 
  1.18  factors: 
  1.19     (a) the electric service requirements of the load to be 
  1.20  served; 
  1.21     (b) the availability of an adequate power supply; 
  1.22     (c) the development or improvement of the electric system 
  1.23  of the utility seeking to provide the electric service, 
  1.24  including the economic factors relating thereto; 
  1.25     (d) the proximity of adequate facilities from which 
  2.1   electric service of the type required may be delivered; 
  2.2      (e) the preference of the customer; 
  2.3      (f) any and all pertinent factors affecting the ability of 
  2.4   the utility to furnish adequate electric service to fulfill 
  2.5   customers' requirements.