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Laws, Statutes & Rules
Laws
Laws of Minnesota is an annual compilation and is often referred to as the "session laws." It contains all the acts of the Legislature as passed in each year's legislative session. Laws of a permanent nature are subsequently incorporated into Minnesota Statutes; those are coded laws. Laws of Minnesota also includes uncoded laws, including appropriations, proposed constitutional amendments, local laws, and effective date sections.
Minnesota Statutes
The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) regulates three cornerstone service industries in Minnesota's economy, i.e., electricity, natural gas and telephone. It is the Commission's responsibility to ensure that vendors of these services provide safe, adequate, and reliable service at fair, reasonable rates M.S. Chapters 216A, 216B, 216E, 216F, 216G and 237.
- 216A gives Commission authority to regulate public utilities.
- 216E describes the state's authority to locate large electric power facilities that coincide with environmental preservation and efficient use of resources. 216E also provides the Commission with the ability to issue permits for large electric power facilities based on an overall determination of need.
- 216F provides the Public Utilities Commission with the authority to issue site permits for large wind energy conversion systems (systems over five megawatts). Wind energy conversion systems less than five megawatts are subject to local jurisdiction.
- 216G provides the Public Utilities Commission with the permitting and routing authority for the construction of pipelines with a diameter of six inches or more that are designed to transport hazardous liquids like crude petroleum and those that are designed to carry natural gas and be operated at a pressure of more than 275 pounds per square inch.
- 237 provides the Public Utilities Commission with the supervision over telephone and telecommunications companies doing business in the state of Minnesota.
Minnesota Rules
The corresponding administrative rules are adopted by the Public Utilities Commission to make the law it enforces and/or administers more specific or to govern the agency's organization or procedures.
| Chapter |
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Title |
| 4210 |
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Large Energy Facilities [Repealed, 19 SR 116] |
| 4220 |
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Power Plants and Lines [Renumbered 7849] |
| 4230 |
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Gas Storage and Pipelines [Renumbered 7851] |
| 4240 |
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Large Oil and Fuel Storage Facilities [Repealed, L 1982 C 651 S 1] |
| 4250 |
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Oil; Lpg; Petroleum [Renumbered 7853] |
| 4260 |
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Coal Shipment and Storage [Repealed, L 1982 C 561 S 1] |
| 7690 |
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Energy Conservation Improvement |
| 7810 |
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Telephone Customer Service Rules |
| 7811 |
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Telecommunications; Small Local Providers |
| 7812 |
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Telecommunications; Large Local Providers |
| 7813 |
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Telephone Call-tracing Services |
| 7815 |
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Community Calling Plans [Repealed, L 1994 C 561 ART 1 S 13] |
| 7817 |
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Telephone Assistance Plans |
| 7819 |
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Public Rights-of-way Standards |
| 7820 |
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Gas and Electric Customer Service Rules |
| 7825 |
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Utilities; Financial, Regulatory Matters |
| 7826 |
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Electric Utility Standards |
| 7827 |
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Utility Rate Adjustments [Repealed, 26 SR 1438] |
| 7829 |
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Utility Proceeding, Practice, Procedure |
| 7830 |
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Practice and Procedure [Repealed, 19 SR 116] |
| 7831 |
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Utilities; Intervenor Compensation |
| 7835 |
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Cogeneration and Small Power Production |
| 7836 |
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Wind Siting [Renumbered 7854] |
| 7840 |
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Energy Conservation Improvement Appeals [Renumbered 7690] |
| 7843 |
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Utility Resource Planning Process |
| 7845 |
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Commission Conduct; Communication |
| 7847 |
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Large Energy Facilities [Repealed, 19 SR 116] |
| 7848 |
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Biennial Transmission Projects Reports |
| 7849 |
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Certificate of Need; Power Plant or Line |
| 7850 |
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Power Plant Sites and Transmission Line Routes |
| 7851 |
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Certificate of Need; Gas Storage; Pipeline |
| 7852 |
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Pipeline Routing |
| 7853 |
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Certificate of Need; Petroleum Facility |
| 7854 |
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Site Permit;Large Wind Energy System |
| 7855 |
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Large Energy Facilities |
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