Section 216B.681 — Monitoring Mercury Emissions.
216B.681 MONITORING MERCURY EMISSIONS. By July 1, 2007, a public utility that owns or operates a qualifying facility shall install, maintain, and operate continuous mercury emission-monitoring systems or other method of monitoring approved by the agency on each targeted unit and, where applicable, on each supplemental unit pursuant to section 216B.6851. The monitoring systems must […]
Section 216B.60 — Penalties Cumulative.
216B.60 PENALTIES CUMULATIVE. All penalties accruing under Laws 1974, chapter 429 shall be cumulative, and a suit for the recovery of one penalty shall not be a bar to or affect the recovery of any other penalty or forfeiture or be a bar to any criminal prosecution against any public utility or any officer, director, […]
Section 216B.61 — Actions To Recover Penalties.
216B.61 ACTIONS TO RECOVER PENALTIES. Actions to recover penalties under this chapter shall be brought in the name of the state of Minnesota in the district court of Ramsey County. History: 1974 c 429 s 61; 2005 c 10 art 1 s 34
Section 216B.62 — Regulatory Expenses.
216B.62 REGULATORY EXPENSES. Subdivision 1. [Repealed, 1980 c 614 s 191] Subd. 2. Assessing specific utility. Whenever the commission or department, in a proceeding upon its own motion, on complaint, or upon an application to it, shall deem it necessary, in order to carry out the duties imposed under this chapter (1) to investigate the […]
Section 216B.63 — Interest On Assessment.
216B.63 INTEREST ON ASSESSMENT. The amounts assessed against any public utility not paid after 30 days after the transmittal of a notice advising the public utility of the amount assessed against it, draw interest at the rate of six percent per annum; and, upon failure to pay the assessment, the attorney general shall proceed by […]
Section 216B.64 — Attorney General’s Responsibilities.
216B.64 ATTORNEY GENERAL’S RESPONSIBILITIES. The attorney general of the state shall, upon request of the commission or department, represent and appear for the commission or department in all actions and proceedings involving any question under Laws 1974, chapter 429, and shall aid in any investigation or hearing had under the provisions of Laws 1974, chapter […]
Section 216B.65 — Department To Employ Necessary Staff.
216B.65 DEPARTMENT TO EMPLOY NECESSARY STAFF. The department may employ experts, engineers, statisticians, accountants, inspectors, clerks, hearing examiners who may be attorneys and employees it deems necessary to carry out the provisions of Laws 1974, chapter 429. History: 1974 c 429 s 67
Section 216B.66 — Construction.
216B.66 CONSTRUCTION. Laws 1974, chapter 429 is complete in itself and other Minnesota statutes are not to be construed as applicable to the supervision or regulation of public utilities by the commission. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with Laws 1974, chapter 429 are repealed insofar as they pertain to the regulation of […]
Section 216B.67 — Citation.
216B.67 CITATION. Laws 1974, chapter 429, may be cited as the “Minnesota Public Utilities Act.” History: 1974 c 429 s 71
Section 216B.68 — Definitions; Mercury Emissions Reduction.
216B.68 DEFINITIONS; MERCURY EMISSIONS REDUCTION. Subdivision 1. Scope. Terms used in sections 216B.68 to 216B.688 have the meanings given them in this section and section 216B.02. Subd. 2. Agency. “Agency” means the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. Subd. 3. Dry scrubbed unit. “Dry scrubbed unit” means a targeted unit at which pollution control technology that uses […]