2000 Minnesota Statutes

     216B.2421 Definition of large energy facility. 

    Subdivision 1.    Applicability.  The definition in this 
 section applies to this section and sections 216B.2422 and 
 216B.243. 

    Subd. 2.    Large energy facility.  "Large energy 
 facility" means: 

    (1) any electric power generating plant or combination of 
 plants at a single site with a combined capacity of 80,000 
 kilowatts or more, or any facility of 50,000 kilowatts or more 
 which requires oil, natural gas, or natural gas liquids as a 
 fuel and for which an installation permit has not been applied 
 for by May 19, 1977 pursuant to Minn. Reg. APC 3(a); 

    (2) any high voltage transmission line with a capacity of 
 200 kilovolts or more and with more than 50 miles of its length 
 in Minnesota; or, any high voltage transmission line with a 
 capacity of 300 kilovolts or more with more than 25 miles of its 
 length in Minnesota; 

    (3) any pipeline greater than six inches in diameter and 
 having more than 50 miles of its length in Minnesota used for 
 the transportation of coal, crude petroleum or petroleum fuels 
 or oil or their derivatives; 

    (4) any pipeline for transporting natural or synthetic gas 
 at pressures in excess of 200 pounds per square inch with more 
 than 50 miles of its length in Minnesota; 

    (5) any facility designed for or capable of storing on a 
 single site more than 100,000 gallons of liquefied natural gas 
 or synthetic gas; 

    (6) any underground gas storage facility requiring permit 
 pursuant to section 103I.681; 

    (7) any nuclear fuel processing or nuclear waste storage or 
 disposal facility; and 

    (8) any facility intended to convert any material into any 
 other combustible fuel and having the capacity to process in 
 excess of 75 tons of the material per hour. 

    Subd. 3.    Multifuel facility; primary fuel source.  If 
 more than one fuel source would be used for any electric power 
 generating plant or combination of plants at a single site, the 
 primary fuel source determines whether the facility is a large 
 energy facility. 

    HIST: 1974 c 307 s 2; 1975 c 170 s 1; 1977 c 381 s 8; Ex1979 c 
 2 s 11; 1981 c 356 s 248; 1982 c 561 s 1; 1991 c 199 art 2 s 1; 
 1993 c 327 s 8,9; 1993 c 356 s 2