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216B.42 SERVICE EXTENSION IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS.
    Subdivision 1. Large customer outside municipality. Notwithstanding the establishment of
assigned service areas for electric utilities provided for in section 216B.39, customers located
outside municipalities and who require electric service with a connected load of 2,000 kilowatts
or more shall not be obligated to take electric service from the electric utility having the assigned
service area where the customer is located if, after notice and hearing, the commission so
determines after consideration of following factors:
(1) the electric service requirements of the load to be served;
(2) the availability of an adequate power supply;
(3) the development or improvement of the electric system of the utility seeking to provide
the electric service, including the economic factors relating thereto;
(4) the proximity of adequate facilities from which electric service of the type required
may be delivered;
(5) the preference of the customer;
(6) any and all pertinent factors affecting the ability of the utility to furnish adequate electric
service to fulfill customers' requirements.
    Subd. 2. Service line extension to utility's property. Notwithstanding the provisions in
section 216B.39, any electric utility may extend electric lines for electric service to its own
utility property and facilities.
History: 1974 c 429 s 42

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