13.68 ENERGY AND FINANCIAL DATA AND STATISTICS.
Subdivision 1.
Nonpublic data. Energy and financial data, statistics, and information
furnished to the commissioner of commerce by a coal supplier or petroleum supplier, or
information on individual business customers of a public utility pursuant to section
216C.16 or
216C.17, either directly or through a federal department or agency are classified as nonpublic
data as defined by section
13.02, subdivision 9.
Subd. 2.
Energy audit data. Data contained in copies of bids, contracts, letters of agreement
between utility companies and third party auditors and firms, and in utility statements or
documents showing costs for employee performance of energy audits which are received by the
commissioner of commerce in order to arbitrate disputes arising from complaints concerning the
award of contracts to perform energy conservation audits are classified as protected nonpublic
data not on individuals as defined by section
13.02, subdivision 13.
History: 1981 c 85 s 1; 1981 c 311 s 39; 1981 c 356 s 248; 1982 c 545 s 7,24; 1983 c 231 s
1; 1983 c 289 s 115 subd 1; 1Sp1985 c 13 s 78; 1987 c 312 art 1 s 10 subds 1,2; 1Sp2001 c 4
art 6 s 77