2025 Session Last amended: 1999 session

§ 13.685 — Municipal Utility Customer Data

Plain-Language Summary

Data on customers of municipal electric utilities is private data on individuals or nonpublic data. The data may still be released in five situations: to a law enforcement agency for an investigation, to a school to compile pupil census data, to the Metropolitan Council for studies or analyses required by law, to a public child support authority to establish or enforce child support, and to a person whose use of the data directly advances the general welfare, health, or safety of the public. For that last situation, the commissioner of administration may issue advisory opinions interpreting the standard.

13.685 MUNICIPAL UTILITY CUSTOMER DATA.

Data on customers of municipal electric utilities are private data on individuals or nonpublic data, but may be released to:

(1) a law enforcement agency that requests access to the data in connection with an investigation;

(2) a school for purposes of compiling pupil census data;

(3) the Metropolitan Council for use in studies or analyses required by law;

(4) a public child support authority for purposes of establishing or enforcing child support; or

(5) a person where use of the data directly advances the general welfare, health, or safety of the public; the commissioner of administration may issue advisory opinions construing this clause pursuant to section 13.072.

History:

1999 c 227 s 9,22

History: History: 1999 c 227 s 9,22

Practical Notes

If you are a customer of a city-owned electric utility, your customer data is generally kept private and not released to the public. The utility may still release it in limited cases, such as to law enforcement for an investigation, to a school for pupil census counts, to the Metropolitan Council, to a child support authority, or where the use directly advances public welfare, health, or safety.

Source: Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes