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216B.72 QUALIFIED LARGE-SCALE DATA CENTER FEE.
(a) The commissioner must collect an annual fee from the qualified large-scale data center, on a schedule prescribed by the commissioner and deposited in the energy and conservation account established in section 216B.241, subdivision 2a.
(b) The fee is based on the qualified large-scale data center's peak demand the utility arranges to serve, reflecting the qualified large-scale data center's peak demand forecast provided to the utility, expressed in megawatts (MW), as follows:
| Peak Demand | Fee |
| (1) 100 to 250 MW | $2,000,000 |
| (2) above 250 MW but below 500 MW | $3,000,000 |
| (3) 500 MW but below 750 MW | $4,000,000 |
| (4) 750 MW or greater | $5,000,000 |
(c) The fee data collected under this section must be treated as nonpublic data, as defined under section 13.02, subdivision 9.
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