Bill Text: MN SF1788 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Public utilities commission (PUC) regulatory burdens decennial study requirement
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 9-2)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-03-15 - Senate file first reading, referred to Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Policy and Finance [SF1788 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2011-SF1788-Engrossed.html
1.2relating to utilities; requiring studies for the purpose of reducing regulatory
1.3burdens;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 216B.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. [216B.021] DECENNIAL REVIEW OF ELECTRIC INDUSTRY
1.6REGULATION.
1.7The Public Utilities Commission must every ten years study the reporting and filing
1.8obligations imposed on electric utilities under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 216B, and
1.9related rules. The study must be done by the commission in consultation and cooperation
1.10with representatives of electric utilities. The purpose of the study is to identify reporting
1.11and filing obligations that are duplicative, outdated, or unnecessary. The commission
1.12shall report by February 1, 2013, and on every ten-year anniversary thereafter, to the
1.13committees of the legislature with primary jurisdiction over electric energy policy on the
1.14findings of the study and propose legislation amending or repealing laws found to impose
1.15duplicative, outdated, or unnecessary reporting and filing obligations.
1.16EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
1.3burdens;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 216B.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. [216B.021] DECENNIAL REVIEW OF ELECTRIC INDUSTRY
1.6REGULATION.
1.7The Public Utilities Commission must every ten years study the reporting and filing
1.8obligations imposed on electric utilities under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 216B, and
1.9related rules. The study must be done by the commission in consultation and cooperation
1.10with representatives of electric utilities. The purpose of the study is to identify reporting
1.11and filing obligations that are duplicative, outdated, or unnecessary. The commission
1.12shall report by February 1, 2013, and on every ten-year anniversary thereafter, to the
1.13committees of the legislature with primary jurisdiction over electric energy policy on the
1.14findings of the study and propose legislation amending or repealing laws found to impose
1.15duplicative, outdated, or unnecessary reporting and filing obligations.
1.16EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
