Bill Text: MN HF1205 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Transmission lines assessment of need and routing regulated.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-08 - HF indefinitely postponed [HF1205 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-HF1205-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Transmission lines assessment of need and routing regulated.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-08 - HF indefinitely postponed [HF1205 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-HF1205-Introduced.html
1.2relating to energy; regulating the assessment of need and routing of certain
1.3transmission lines.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. TRANSMISSION LINE; CERTIFICATE OF NEED REQUIRED
1.6AND EVIDENCE REQUIRED.
1.7(a) A high-voltage transmission line with a capacity of 100 kilovolts or more
1.8proposed to be located within a city in the metropolitan area as defined in Minnesota
1.9Statutes, section 473.121, subdivision 2, for which a route permit application was filed
1.10between June 2011 and August 2011, and a certificate of need application was filed
1.11between June 2012 and August 2012, to rebuild approximately eight miles of 69 kilovolt
1.12transmission with a high-voltage transmission line to meet local area distribution needs,
1.13must be approved in a certificate of need proceeding conducted under Minnesota Statutes,
1.14section 216B.243. The certificate of need may be approved only if the commission finds
1.15by clear and convincing evidence that there is no feasible and available distribution level
1.16alternative to the transmission line.
1.17(b) Further proceedings regarding the routing of a high-voltage transmission line
1.18described in this section shall be suspended until the Public Utilities Commission has
1.19made a determination that the transmission line is needed.
1.20EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment and
1.21applies to route permits and certificate of need applications pending on or after that date.
1.3transmission lines.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. TRANSMISSION LINE; CERTIFICATE OF NEED REQUIRED
1.6AND EVIDENCE REQUIRED.
1.7(a) A high-voltage transmission line with a capacity of 100 kilovolts or more
1.8proposed to be located within a city in the metropolitan area as defined in Minnesota
1.9Statutes, section 473.121, subdivision 2, for which a route permit application was filed
1.10between June 2011 and August 2011, and a certificate of need application was filed
1.11between June 2012 and August 2012, to rebuild approximately eight miles of 69 kilovolt
1.12transmission with a high-voltage transmission line to meet local area distribution needs,
1.13must be approved in a certificate of need proceeding conducted under Minnesota Statutes,
1.14section 216B.243. The certificate of need may be approved only if the commission finds
1.15by clear and convincing evidence that there is no feasible and available distribution level
1.16alternative to the transmission line.
1.17(b) Further proceedings regarding the routing of a high-voltage transmission line
1.18described in this section shall be suspended until the Public Utilities Commission has
1.19made a determination that the transmission line is needed.
1.20EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment and
1.21applies to route permits and certificate of need applications pending on or after that date.
