216B.244 NUCLEAR PLANT CAPACITY REQUIREMENTS. A reactor unit at a nuclear power electric generating plant that has an annual load capacity factor of less than 55 percent for each of three consecutive calendar years must be shut down and cease operating no later than 500 days after the end of the third such consecutive calendar […]
216B.2445 DECOMMISSIONING NUCLEAR PLANT; STORING USED FUEL. Subdivision 1. Decommissioning costs. (a) The Public Utilities Commission shall, when considering approval of a plan for the accrual of funds for the decommissioning of nuclear facilities filed in accordance with a commission order, include an evaluation of the costs, if any, arising from storage of used nuclear […]
216B.245 PUMP AND STORE HYDROPOWER FACILITY; PROHIBITION. A state agency may not issue a permit for the construction of a facility for generating electricity if the facility would be located on top of the bluffs along the Mississippi River and would pump water from any portion of the river, store the water on top of […]
216B.246 FEDERALLY APPROVED TRANSMISSION LINES; INCUMBENT TRANSMISSION LINEOWNER RIGHTS. Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the terms defined in this subdivision have the meanings given them. (b) “Electric transmission line” means a high-voltage transmission line with a capacity of 100 kilovolts or more and associated transmission facilities. (c) “Incumbent electric transmission owner” […]
