1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to energy; clarifying that a certain facility does not violate the exclusive 
1.3 	service territory law.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. ETHANOL PLANT; RENEWABLE GENERATION FACILITY 
1.6 	CLARIFICATION.
 1.7 	The owner and operator of an electric generation facility located in Faribault County 
1.8 	consisting of two wind turbines is not an electric utility for the purpose of Minnesota 
1.9 	Statutes, section 216B.40, if the turbines are located adjacent to an ethanol plant and the 
1.10 	electricity produced by the turbines is used primarily for the operations of the ethanol 
1.11 	plant. The providing of electric service by those two turbines to the ethanol plant is not 
1.12 	subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 216B.40, and does not require the consent of the 
1.13 	electric utility in whose service area the plant is located.