1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to energy; requiring certain rate impact information related to compliance 
1.3 	with renewable energy standard; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 
1.4 	216B.1691, by adding a subdivision.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 216B.1691, is amended by adding a 
1.7 	subdivision to read:
1.8 		Subd. 2e.Rate impact of standard compliance; report. Each electric utility 
1.9 	must submit to the commission and the legislative committees with primary jurisdiction 
1.10 	over energy policy a report containing an analysis and estimation of the rate impact of 
1.11 	activities of the electric utility necessary to comply with section 216B.1691. Those 
1.12 	activities include, without limitation, energy purchases, generation facility acquisition 
1.13 	and construction, and transmission improvements. An initial report must be submitted 
1.14 	within 150 days of the effective date of this section. After the initial report, a report must 
1.15 	be updated and submitted with each integrated resource plan or plan modification filed 
1.16 	by the electric utility under section 216B.2422. The reporting obligation of an electric 
1.17 	utility under this subdivision expires December 31, 2025, for an electric utility subject 
1.18 	to subdivision 2a, paragraph (a), and December 31, 2020, for an electric utility subject 
1.19 	to subdivision 2a, paragraph (b).

1.20 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.