SF 2098

1st Engrossment - 87th Legislature (2011 - 2012) Posted on 05/08/2012 10:35am

A bill for an act
relating to utilities; modifying the reporting obligations of certain cooperative
utilities under the integrated resource planning process; amending Minnesota
Statutes 2010, section 216B.2422, by adding a subdivision.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 216B.2422, is amended by adding a
subdivision to read:

new text begin Subd. 2b. new text end

new text begin Optional integrated resource plan compliance for certain
cooperatives. new text end

new text begin For the purposes of this subdivision, a "cooperative" means a generating
and transmission cooperative electric association that has at least 80 percent of its member
distribution cooperatives located outside of Minnesota and that provides less than four
percent of the electricity annually sold at retail in the state of Minnesota. A cooperative
may, in lieu of filing a resource plan under subdivision 2, elect to file a report to the
commission under this subdivision. The report must include projected demand levels for
the next 15 years and generation resources to meet any projected generation deficiencies.
To supply the information required in a report under this subdivision, a cooperative may
use reports submitted under section 216C.17, subdivision 2, reports to regional reliability
organizations, or similar reports submitted to other state utility commissions. A report
must be submitted annually by July 1, but the commission may extend the time if it finds
the extension in the public interest. Presentation of the annual report shall be done in
accordance with procedures established by the commission. Data in a report under this
subdivision may be aggregate data and need not be separately reported for individual
distribution cooperative members of the cooperative. The commission may take whatever
action in response to a report under this subdivision that it could take with respect to a
report by a cooperative under subdivision 2.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
A cooperative must complete an integrated resource plan pending on the effective date
of this section under section 216B.2422, subdivision 2, before it may make an election
under this section.
new text end