1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to utilities; requiring studies for the purpose of reducing regulatory 
1.3 	burdens;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 216B.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. [216B.021] DECENNIAL REVIEW OF ELECTRIC INDUSTRY 
1.6 	REGULATION. 
1.7 	The Public Utilities Commission must every ten years study the reporting and filing 
1.8 	obligations imposed on electric utilities under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 216B, and 
1.9 	related rules. The study must be done by the commission in consultation and cooperation 
1.10 	with representatives of electric utilities. The purpose of the study is to identify reporting 
1.11 	and filing obligations that are duplicative, outdated, or unnecessary. The commission 
1.12 	shall report by February 1, 2013, and on every ten-year anniversary thereafter, to the 
1.13 	committees of the legislature with primary jurisdiction over electric energy policy on the 
1.14 	findings of the study and propose legislation amending or repealing laws found to impose 
1.15 	duplicative, outdated, or unnecessary reporting and filing obligations.

1.16 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.