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SF 3103

as introduced - 91st Legislature (2019 - 2020) Posted on 02/13/2020 03:43pm

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.
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A bill for an act
relating to energy; requiring electric utilities to provide customers semiannual
reports on electric generation sources and associated air pollution emissions;
proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 216B.

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

Section 1.

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

new text begin This section is effective the day following
final enactment. The commission must develop the uniform reporting format required under
this section no later than January 1, 2021.
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