Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

216B.024 SHARED-METERED RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS; DISPUTE RESOLUTION. A tenant disputing a bill or claiming a violation of section 216B.022 or 216B.023 must first attempt to resolve the dispute or claim with the landlord. If the tenant disagrees with the landlord's proposed resoluti…

216B.025 MUNICIPAL REGULATION OPTION. A municipality may elect to become subject to regulation by the commission pursuant to sections 216B.10 and 216B.11. An election for regulation may be effected by resolution of the governing body requesting regulation and filed with the commi…

216B.026 COOPERATIVE ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION; ELECTION ON REGULATION. § Subdivision 1.Election. A cooperative electric association may elect to become subject to rate regulation by the commission pursuant to sections 216B.03 to 216B.23. The election shall be approved by a majority o…

216B.027 COOPERATIVE ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION STOCKHOLDER RIGHTS. § Subdivision 1.Intent. It is the intent of this section to specify those rights which shall be extended to stockholders of cooperative electric associations. The guarantee of these rights, as specified herein, is inte…

216B.029 STANDARDS FOR DISTRIBUTION UTILITIES. § Subdivision 1.Standards. (a) The commission and each cooperative electric association and municipal utility shall adopt standards for safety, reliability, and service quality for distribution utilities. Standards for cooperative el…

216B.03 REASONABLE RATE. Every rate made, demanded, or received by any public utility, or by any two or more public utilities jointly, shall be just and reasonable. Rates shall not be unreasonably preferential, unreasonably prejudicial, or discriminatory, but shall be sufficient,…

216B.04 STANDARD OF SERVICE. Every public utility shall furnish safe, adequate, efficient, and reasonable service; provided that service shall be deemed adequate if made so within 90 days after a person requests service. Upon application by a public utility, and for good cause sh…

216B.045 REGULATION OF INTRASTATE NATURAL GAS PIPELINE. § Subdivision 1.Definition of intrastate pipeline. For the purposes of this section "intrastate pipeline" means a pipeline wholly within the state of Minnesota which transports or delivers natural gas received from another p…

216B.05 FILING SCHEDULES, RULES, AND SERVICE AGREEMENTS. § Subdivision 1.Public rate filing. Every public utility shall file with the commission schedules showing all rates, tolls, tariffs, and charges which it has established and which are in force at the time for any service pe…

216B.06 RECEIVING DIFFERENT COMPENSATION. No public utility shall directly or indirectly, by any device whatsoever, or in any manner, charge, demand, collect, or receive from any person a greater or less compensation for any service rendered or to be rendered by the utility than …

216B.07 RATE PREFERENCE PROHIBITED. No public utility shall, as to rates or service, make or grant any unreasonable preference or advantage to any person or subject any person to any unreasonable prejudice or disadvantage. History: 1974 c 429 s 7

216B.075 METER READING; CUSTOMER SCHEDULING NEEDS. Notwithstanding any other provision of rule or policy to the contrary, every public utility providing natural gas or electricity at retail shall make a reasonable effort to obtain readings at least once every 18 months from nonac…

216B.08 DUTIES OF COMMISSION. The commission is hereby vested with the powers, rights, functions, and jurisdiction to regulate in accordance with the provisions of Laws 1974, chapter 429 every public utility as defined herein. The exercise of such powers, rights, functions, and j…

216B.09 STANDARDS; CLASSIFICATIONS; RULES; PRACTICES. § Subdivision 1.Commission authority, generally. The commission, on its own motion or upon complaint and after reasonable notice and hearing, may ascertain and fix just and reasonable standards, classifications, rules, or prac…

216B.091 MONTHLY REPORTS. (a) Each public utility must report the following data on residential customers to the commission monthly, in a format determined by the commission: (1) number of customers; (2) number and total amount of accounts past due; (3) average customer past due …

216B.0951 PROPANE PREPURCHASE PROGRAM. § Subdivision 1.Establishment. The commissioner of commerce shall operate, or contract to operate, a propane fuel prepurchase fuel program. The commissioner may contract at any time of the year to purchase the lesser of one-third of the liqu…

216B.096 COLD WEATHER RULE; PUBLIC UTILITY. § Subdivision 1.Scope. This section applies only to residential customers of a utility. § Subd. 2.Definitions. (a) The terms used in this section have the meanings given them in this subdivision. (b) "Cold weather period" means the peri…

216B.097 COLD WEATHER RULE; COOPERATIVE OR MUNICIPAL UTILITY. § Subdivision 1.Application; notice to residential customer. (a) A municipal utility or a cooperative electric association must not disconnect and must reconnect the utility service of a residential customer during the…

216B.0975 DISCONNECTION DURING EXTREME HEAT CONDITIONS. A utility may not effect an involuntary disconnection of residential services in affected counties when an excessive heat watch, heat advisory, or excessive heat warning issued by the National Weather Service is in effect. F…

216B.0976 NOTICE OF UTILITY DISCONNECTION. § Subdivision 1.Notice required. Notwithstanding section 13.685 or any other law or administrative rule to the contrary, a public utility, cooperative electric association, or municipal utility must provide notice to a statutory city or …

216B.098 RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER PROTECTIONS. § Subdivision 1.Applicability. The provisions of this section apply to residential customers of public utilities, municipal utilities, and cooperative electric associations. Each municipal utility and cooperative electric association may…

216B.0991 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Scope. For the purposes of sections 216B.0991 to 216B.0995, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them. § Subd. 2.Customer. "Customer" means a person who has an established relationship with a propane distributor and whos…

216B.0992 PRICE AND FEE DISCLOSURE. A propane distributor must provide a document listing the current per-gallon price of propane and all additional charges, fees, and discounts that pertain to residential heating service. The document must be: (1) made available to the general p…

216B.0993 BUDGET PAYMENT PLAN. (a) A propane distributor who offers customers a budget payment plan must make that same plan available to all customers, including those who participate in the LIHEAP program. (b) A budget payment plan must equalize a customer's estimated annual pr…

216B.0994 PROPANE PURCHASE CONTRACTS. A propane distributor is prohibited from adding any service, distribution, transportation, or similar fees to customer billings for those customers who have entered into a contract for prepurchasing or capitated pricing of propane for the per…

216B.0995 TERMS OF SALE. § Subdivision 1.Cash sales. A propane distributor with an available supply of propane must not refuse to sell propane to a customer who: (1) pays the distributor's established price upon delivery in cash, by certified or cashier's check, or by commercial …

216B.10 ACCOUNTING. § Subdivision 1.System of accounts. The commission shall establish a system of accounts to be kept by public utilities subject to its jurisdiction. A public utility which maintains its accounts in accordance with the system of accounts prescribed by a federal …

216B.105 CUSTOMER SHARE OF MERCURY CONTROL COSTS. A utility selling electricity at retail shall report in a biannual bill insert the amount of the customer's total bill that represents the utility's capital and operating costs to control mercury emissions to the atmosphere as req…

216B.11 DEPRECIATION RATES AND PRACTICES. The commission shall fix proper and adequate rates and methods of depreciation, amortization, or depletion in respect of utility property, and every public utility shall conform its depreciation, amortization or depletion accounts to the …

216B.12 RIGHT OF ENTRANCE; INSPECTION. § Subdivision 1.Authority of commission and department. The commissioners and the duly authorized officers and employees of the department, during business hours, may enter upon any premises occupied by any public utility for the purpose of …

216B.13 PRODUCTION AND EXAMINATION OF RECORDS. § Subdivision 1.Authority of commission. The commission may require, by order served on any public utility in the manner provided herein for the service of orders, the production within this state at a reasonable time and place as th…

216B.14 INVESTIGATION. The commission upon complaint or upon its own initiative and whenever it may deem it necessary in the performance of its duties may investigate and examine the condition and operation of any public utility or any part thereof. In conducting the investigatio…

216B.15 HEARINGS; EXAMINER. The commission may, in addition to the hearings specifically provided for by Laws 1974, chapter 429, conduct any other hearings as may reasonably be required in the administration of the powers and duties conferred upon it by Laws 1974, chapter 429. Th…

216B.16 RATE CHANGE; PROCEDURE; HEARING. § Subdivision 1.Notice. Unless the commission otherwise orders, no public utility shall change a rate which has been duly established under this chapter, except upon 60 days' notice to the commission. The notice shall include statements of…

216B.161 AREA DEVELOPMENT RATE PLAN. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given them in this subdivision. (b) "Area development rate" means a rate schedule established by a utility that provides customers within an a…

216B.1611 INTERCONNECTION OF ON-SITE DISTRIBUTED GENERATION. § Subdivision 1.Purpose. The purpose of this section is to: (1) establish the terms and conditions that govern the interconnection and parallel operation of on-site distributed generation; (2) provide cost savings and r…

216B.1613 STANDARDIZED CONTRACT. Within 60 days of May 20, 2009, each utility, as defined in section 216B.1691, subdivision 1, paragraph (d), shall file with the commission a standardized contract form for the purchase of electricity from projects with a nameplate capacity of fiv…

216B.1614 ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING TARIFF. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section, the terms defined in this subdivision have the meanings given them. (b) "Electric vehicle" has the meaning given in section 169.011, subdivision 26a. (c) "Public utility…

216B.1615 ELECTRIC VEHICLE DEPLOYMENT PROGRAM. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given. (b) "Battery exchange station" means a physical location deploying equipment that enables a used electric vehicle battery…

216B.162 COMPETITIVE RATE FOR ELECTRIC UTILITY. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) The terms used in this section have the meanings given them in this subdivision. (b) "Effective competition" means a market situation in which an electric utility serves a customer that: (1) is locat…

216B.1621 ELECTRIC SERVICE AGREEMENT. § Subdivision 1.Agreement. When a retail customer of a public utility proposes to acquire power from or construct a new electric power generation facility in the assigned service area of the utility serving the retail customer to provide all …

216B.1622 SERVICE TO VERY LARGE CUSTOMERS. § Subdivision 1.Very large customer class or subclass. By December 15, 2026, the commission shall establish by order the definition and appropriate characteristics of a very large customer class or subclass for each public utility provid…

216B.1623 CLEAN ENERGY AND CAPACITY TARIFF. The commission shall require each public utility to offer a clean energy and capacity tariff for commercial and industrial customers. The clean energy and capacity tariff shall require a special contract between the utility and one or m…

216B.163 FLEXIBLE TARIFF. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section, the terms defined in this subdivision have the meanings given them. (b) "Effective competition" means that a customer of a gas utility who either receives interruptible service or whose d…

216B.1635 RECOVERY OF GAS UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) "Gas utility" means a public utility as defined in section 216B.02, subdivision 4, that furnishes natural gas service to retail customers. (b) "Gas utility infrastructure costs" or "GUIC" mea…

216B.1636 RECOVERY OF ELECTRIC UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) "Electric utility" means a public utility as defined in section 216B.02, subdivision 4, that furnishes electric service to retail customers. (b) "Electric utility infrastructure costs" o…