2000 Minnesota Statutes

     116C.772 Public utility responsibilities. 

    Subdivision 1.    Definition.  For the purpose of this 
 section, "public utility" means the public utility operating the 
 Prairie Island nuclear generating plant. 

    Subd. 2.    Dry cask alternatives study.  The public 
 utility must submit to the legislative electric energy task 
 force a reevaluation of all alternatives and combinations of 
 those alternatives to dry cask storage. 

    Subd. 3.    Worker transition plan.  The public utility 
 must submit to the department of economic security a worker 
 transition plan if there is a shutdown of the Prairie Island 
 nuclear generating plant for longer than six months. 

    Subd. 4.    Nuclear power phase-out plan.  The public 
 utility must submit to the electric energy task force a detailed 
 plan for the phase-out of all nuclear power generated by the 
 utility. 

    Subd. 5.    Decommissioning plan.  The public utility 
 must submit to the electric energy task force a decommissioning 
 plan for TN-40 storage casks after the casks are emptied of 
 spent fuel. 

    HIST: 1994 c 483 s 1; 1994 c 641 art 1 s 3