Section 216B.682 — Mercury Emissions-reduction Plans.
216B.682 MERCURY EMISSIONS-REDUCTION PLANS. Subdivision 1. Dry scrubbed units. (a) By December 31, 2007, a public utility that owns a dry scrubbed unit at a qualifying facility shall develop and submit to the agency and the commission a plan for mercury emissions reduction at each such unit. At each dry scrubbed unit owned and operated […]
Section 216B.683 — Mercury Emissions Reduction; Cost Recovery, Financial Incentives.
216B.683 MERCURY EMISSIONS REDUCTION; COST RECOVERY, FINANCIAL INCENTIVES. Subdivision 1. Emissions-reduction riders. (a) A public utility required to file a mercury emissions-reduction plan under sections 216B.68 to 216B.688 may also file for approval of emissions-reduction rate riders pursuant to section 216B.1692, subdivision 3, for its mercury control and other environmental improvement initiatives under sections 216B.68 […]
Section 216B.684 — Environmental Assessment Of Mercury Emissions-reduction Plan.
216B.684 ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF MERCURY EMISSIONS-REDUCTION PLAN. The Pollution Control Agency shall evaluate a utility’s mercury emissions-reduction plans filed under sections 216B.682 and 216B.6851 and submit its evaluation to the Public Utilities Commission within 180 days of the date the plan is filed with the agency and commission. In its review, the agency shall (1) […]
Section 216B.685 — Mercury Emissions-reduction Plan Approval.
216B.685 MERCURY EMISSIONS-REDUCTION PLAN APPROVAL. Subdivision 1. Commission review and evaluation. The Public Utilities Commission shall review and evaluate a utility’s mercury emissions-reduction plans and associated emissions-reduction riders submitted under section 216B.682 or pursuant to subdivision 2, paragraph (b). In its review, the commission shall consider the environmental and public health benefits, the agency’s assessment […]
Section 216B.6851 — Utility Option.
216B.6851 UTILITY OPTION. Subdivision 1. Election. A public utility with less than 200,000 customers subject to sections 216B.68 to 216B.688 that owns two wet scrubbed units at a qualifying facility may opt to be regulated under this section for those units in lieu of section 216B.682. Plans under this section are subject to section 216B.682, […]
Section 216B.686 — Other Environmental Improvement Plans.
216B.686 OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT PLANS. Subdivision 1. Utility filing. (a) In order to encourage a utility to address multiple pollutants, a utility required to submit mercury-reduction plans under sections 216B.68 to 216B.688 may also propose plans for investments and related expenses in pollution control equipment to be installed at facilities in Minnesota needed to comply […]
Section 216B.687 — Mercury Emissions Reduction Implementation, Operation.
216B.687 MERCURY EMISSIONS REDUCTION IMPLEMENTATION, OPERATION. Subdivision 1. Permit conditions for mercury reductions. The agency shall establish the mercury emissions reduction for each targeted unit included in a plan approved under section 216B.685, or where applicable, for each targeted and supplemental unit included in a plan approved under section 216B.6851. Subd. 2. Enforcement by agency. […]
Section 216B.688 — Relationship To Other State Financial Requirements.
216B.688 RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER STATE FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS. Except as otherwise provided for equipment optimization as specified in section 216B.687, a public utility implementing an approved mercury emissions-reduction plan is not required to undertake additional investments or incur additional operating or maintenance costs to reduce mercury at a unit included in a plan approved under section […]
Section 216B.79 — Preventative Maintenance.
216B.79 PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE. The commission may order public utilities to make adequate infrastructure investments and undertake sufficient preventative maintenance with regard to generation, transmission, and distribution facilities. The commission’s authority under this section also applies to any transmission company that owns or operates electric transmission lines in Minnesota. History: 2001 c 212 art 3 s […]
Section 216B.82 — Local Power Quality Zones.
216B.82 LOCAL POWER QUALITY ZONES. (a) Upon joint petition of a public utility as defined in section 216B.02, subdivision 4, and any customer located within the utility’s service territory, the commission may establish a zone within that utility’s service territory where the utility will install additional, redundant, or upgraded components of the electric distribution infrastructure […]