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216B.1693 CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGY.
(a) If the commission finds that a clean energy technology is or is likely to be a least-cost
resource, including the costs of ancillary services and other generation and transmission upgrades
necessary, the utility that owns a nuclear generating facility shall supply at least two percent of the
electric energy provided to retail customers from clean energy technology.
(b) Electric energy required by this section shall be supplied by the innovative energy project
defined in section 216B.1694, subdivision 1, unless the commission finds doing so contrary
to the public interest.
(c) For purposes of this section, "clean energy technology" means a technology utilizing coal
as a primary fuel in a highly efficient combined-cycle configuration with significantly reduced
sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide, particulate, and mercury emissions from those of traditional
technologies.
(d) This section expires January 1, 2012.
History: 1Sp2003 c 11 art 2 s 4

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