1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to utilities; modifying the reporting obligations of certain cooperative 
1.3 	utilities under the integrated resource planning process;amending Minnesota 
1.4 	Statutes 2010, section 216B.2422, by adding a subdivision.
1.5 	BE 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 
1.7 	subdivision to read:
1.8 		Subd. 2b.Optional integrated resource plan compliance for certain 
1.9 	cooperatives. For the purposes of this subdivision, a "cooperative" means a generating 
1.10 	and transmission cooperative electric association that has at least 80 percent of its member 
1.11 	distribution cooperatives located outside of Minnesota and that provides less than four 
1.12 	percent of the electricity annually sold at retail in the state of Minnesota. A cooperative 
1.13 	may, in lieu of filing a resource plan under subdivision 2, elect to file a report to the 
1.14 	commission under this subdivision. The report must include projected demand levels for 
1.15 	the next 15 years and generation resources to meet any projected generation deficiencies. 
1.16 	To supply the information required in a report under this subdivision, a cooperative may 
1.17 	use reports submitted under section 216C.17, subdivision 2, reports to regional reliability 
1.18 	organizations, or similar reports submitted to other state utility commissions. A report 
1.19 	must be submitted annually by July 1, but the commission may extend the time if it finds 
1.20 	the extension in the public interest. Presentation of the annual report shall be done in 
1.21 	accordance with procedures established by the commission. Data in a report under this 
1.22 	subdivision may be aggregate data and need not be separately reported for individual 
1.23 	distribution cooperative members of the cooperative. The commission may take whatever 
2.1 	action in response to a report under this subdivision that it could take with respect to a 
2.2 	report by a cooperative under subdivision 2.

2.3 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment. 
2.4 	A cooperative must complete an integrated resource plan pending on the effective date 
2.5 	of this section under section 216B.2422, subdivision 2, before it may make an election 
2.6 	under this section.