1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to energy; requiring electric utilities to provide customers semiannual 
1.3 	reports on electric generation sources and associated air pollution emissions;
1.4 	proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 216B.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [216B.1697] ELECTRIC UTILITY REPORTS TO CUSTOMERS; 
1.7 	GENERATION SOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS.
1.8 	(a) The commission must develop a uniform reporting format that all utilities providing 
1.9 	retail electric service to customers in Minnesota must use to report to customers as required 
1.10 	under this section.
1.11 	(b) A utility providing retail electric service to customers in Minnesota must report 
1.12 	semiannually the information required by this section for the periods January through June 
1.13 	and July through December. The reports must be included in an easily understood 
1.14 	presentation as part of a customer's monthly electric bill no later than 90 days after the end 
1.15 	of each reporting period.
1.16 	(c) The uniform reporting format developed by the commission must provide for reporting 
1.17 	of the following information for each six-month reporting period and separately for the 
1.18 	six-month period immediately preceding the current reporting period:
1.19 	(1) the proportion of each technology or fuel source used to generate all electricity sold 
1.20 	at retail to the utility's Minnesota retail customers, including but not limited to coal, natural 
1.21 	gas, nuclear fuel, wind, solar, hydropower, solid waste incineration, and biomass. Electricity 
1.22 	purchased by a utility from the Midcontinent Independent System Operator must reflect the 
1.23 	system's fuel mix at the time of purchase;
2.1 	(2) for each megawatt-hour of electricity sold by a utility to Minnesota retail customers, 
2.2 	the number of pounds each of carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen oxides released 
2.3 	to the atmosphere as a result of generating the electricity. For electricity purchased by a 
2.4 	utility from the Midcontinent Independent System Operator, the commission must:
2.5 	(i) determine default values for each amount;
2.6 	(ii) share the default values with all utilities subject to this section; and
2.7 	(iii) update the default values annually; and
2.8 	(3) for each megawatt-hour of electricity sold by a utility to Minnesota retail customers 
2.9 	that is generated from nuclear fuel, the number of pounds of nuclear waste produced.
2.10 	(d) Within 15 days after the date the information required under this section is distributed 
2.11 	with a customer's monthly bill, the utility compiling the information must place the 
2.12 	information on its website.
2.13 	(e) A utility subject to this section must forward a copy of the information required under 
2.14 	this section to the commission. The commission must place the information on the 
2.15 	commission's website and must update the information as necessary.

2.16 	EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION. This section is effective the day following 
2.17 	final enactment. The commission must develop the uniform reporting format required under 
2.18 	this section no later than January 1, 2021.