Bill Text: MN HF170 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: New nuclear power plant certificate of need prohibition abolished.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 21-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-20 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Policy and Finance [HF170 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2011-HF170-Introduced.html
1.2relating to energy; abolishing prohibition on issuing certificate of need for new
1.3nuclear power plant;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 216B.243,
1.4subdivision 3b.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 216B.243, subdivision 3b, is amended to
1.7read:
1.8 Subd. 3b.Nuclear power plant; new construction prohibited; relicensing
1.9Additional storage of spent nuclear fuel.(a) The commission may not issue a certificate
1.10of need for the construction of a new nuclear-powered electric generating plant.
1.11(b) Any certificate of need for additional storage of spent nuclear fuel for a facility
1.12seeking a license extension shall address the impacts of continued operations over the
1.13period for which approval is sought.
1.14EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
1.3nuclear power plant;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 216B.243,
1.4subdivision 3b.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 216B.243, subdivision 3b, is amended to
1.7read:
1.8 Subd. 3b.
1.9Additional storage of spent nuclear fuel.
1.10
1.11
1.12seeking a license extension shall address the impacts of continued operations over the
1.13period for which approval is sought.
1.14EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
