216B.24 CONSTRUCTION OF MAJOR FACILITY; FILING PLANS. Subdivision 1. Major utility facility defined. The words “major utility facility” means: (1) electric generating plant and associated facilities designed for, or capable of, operation at a capacity of 50 megawatts or more; (2) an electric transmission line and associated facilities of a design capacity of 125 kilovolts […]
216B.2401 ENERGY SAVINGS AND OPTIMIZATION POLICY GOAL. (a) The legislature finds that energy savings are an energy resource, and that cost-effective energy savings are preferred over all other energy resources. In addition, the legislature finds that optimizing the timing and method used by energy consumers to manage energy use provides significant benefits to the consumers […]
216B.2402 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Definitions. For the purposes of section 216B.16, subdivision 6b, and sections 216B.2401 to 216B.241, the following terms have the meanings given them. Subd. 2. Consumer-owned utility. “Consumer-owned utility” means a municipal gas utility, a municipal electric utility, or a cooperative electric association. Subd. 3. Cumulative lifetime savings. “Cumulative lifetime savings” means […]
216B.2403 CONSUMER-OWNED UTILITIES; ENERGY CONSERVATION AND OPTIMIZATION. Subdivision 1. Applicability. This section applies to: (1) a cooperative electric association that provides retail service to more than 5,000 members; (2) a municipality that provides electric service to more than 1,000 retail customers; and (3) a municipality with more than 1,000,000,000 cubic feet in annual throughput sales […]
216B.241 PUBLIC UTILITIES; ENERGY CONSERVATION AND OPTIMIZATION. Subdivision 1. MS 2020 [Repealed, 2021 c 29 s 19] Subd. 1a. Large customer facility. (a) The owner of a large customer facility may petition the commissioner to exempt both electric and gas utilities serving the large customer facility from contributing to investments and expenditures made under an […]
216B.2411 DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCES. Subdivision 1. Generation projects. (a) Any municipality or rural electric association providing electric service and subject to section 216B.241 may, and each public utility may, use five percent of the total amount to be spent on energy conservation improvements under section 216B.241, on: (1) projects in Minnesota to construct an electric […]
216B.2412 DECOUPLING OF ENERGY SALES FROM REVENUES. Subdivision 1. Definition and purpose. For the purpose of this section, “decoupling” means a regulatory tool designed to separate a utility’s revenue from changes in energy sales. The purpose of decoupling is to reduce a utility’s disincentive to promote energy efficiency. Subd. 2. Decoupling criteria. The commission shall, […]
