2025 Minnesota Statutes

216B.1623 CLEAN ENERGY AND CAPACITY TARIFF.

The commission shall require each public utility to offer a clean energy and capacity tariff for commercial and industrial customers. The clean energy and capacity tariff shall require a special contract between the utility and one or more customers that shall:

(1) be optional for participating customers;

(2) permit participating customers to elect to serve some or all of their energy or capacity usage from new clean energy or capacity resources as long as reliability is maintained;

(3) require the participating customers to pay all proportional costs associated with the addition of the new clean energy or capacity resources, including any utility costs caused by the addition of the new clean energy or capacity resources to the grid;

(4) develop an appropriate energy and capacity credit;

(5) prohibit cost shifting from the participating customers to other utility customers or vice versa; and

(6) allow a utility with an applicable tariff on file to demonstrate their existing tariff's compliance with this section.

History:

1Sp2025 c 12 s 10