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SF 2157

as introduced - 86th Legislature (2009 - 2010) Posted on 02/09/2010 11:35pm

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.

Current Version - as introduced

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A bill for an act
relating to energy; providing for carbon sequestration exemption to greenhouse
gas control plan; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 216H.03,
subdivision 7.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 216H.03, subdivision 7, is amended to
read:


Subd. 7.

Other exemptions.

The prohibitions in subdivision 3 do not apply to:

(1) a new large energy facility under consideration by the Public Utilities
Commission pursuant to proposals or applications filed with the Public Utilities
Commission before April 1, 2007, or to any power purchase agreement related to a facility
described in this clause. The exclusion of pending proposals and applications from the
prohibitions in subdivision 3 does not limit the applicability of any other law and is not an
expression of legislative intent regarding whether any pending proposal or application
should be approved or denied;

(2) a contract not subject to commission approval that was entered into prior to
April 1, 2007, to purchase power from a new large energy facility that was approved by
a comparable authority in another state prior to that date, for which municipal or public
power district bonds have been issued, and on which construction has begun;deleted text begin or
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(3) a new large energy facility or a power purchase agreement between a Minnesota
utility and a new large energy facility located outside Minnesota that the Public
Utilities Commission has determined is essential to ensure the long-term reliability of
Minnesota's electric system, to allow electric service for increased industrial demand,
or to avoid placing a substantial financial burden on Minnesota ratepayers. An order
of the commission granting an exemption under this clause is stayed until the June 1
following the next regular or annual session of the legislature that begins after the date of
the commission's final orderdeleted text begin .deleted text end new text begin ; or
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new text begin (4) electricity produced by a new large energy facility if a geologic or terrestrial
carbon capture, storage, or sequestration program is implemented at the Antelope Valley
power plant, to the extent that the electricity provides or supplants the power generated for
use in the program.
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