216B.40 EXCLUSIVE SERVICE RIGHT; SERVICE EXTENSION.
Except as provided in sections
216B.42 and
216B.421, each electric utility shall have the
exclusive right to provide electric service at retail to each and every present and future customer
in its assigned service area and no electric utility shall render or extend electric service at retail
within the assigned service area of another electric utility unless the electric utility consents
thereto in writing; provided that any electric utility may extend its facilities through the assigned
service area of another electric utility if the extension is necessary to facilitate the electric utility
connecting its facilities or customers within its own assigned service area.
History: 1974 c 429 s 40; 1977 c 99 s 1