2025 Session
Last amended: 2025 session
§ 216B.72 — Qualified Large-scale Data Center Fee
Plain-Language Summary
Provides for interconnection standards when customers connect distributed generation to the utility grid.
216B.72 QUALIFIED LARGE-SCALE DATA CENTER FEE.
(a) The commissioner must collect an annual fee from the qualified large-scale data center, on a schedule prescribed by the commissioner and deposited in the energy and conservation account established in section 216B.241, subdivision 2a.
(b) The fee is based on the qualified large-scale data center’s peak demand the utility arranges to serve, reflecting the qualified large-scale data center’s peak demand forecast provided to the utility, expressed in megawatts (MW), as follows:
| Peak Demand | Fee |
|---|---|
| (1) 100 to 250 MW | $2,000,000 |
| (2) above 250 MW but below 500 MW | $3,000,000 |
| (3) 500 MW but below 750 MW | $4,000,000 |
| (4) 750 MW or greater | $5,000,000 |
(c) The fee data collected under this section must be treated as nonpublic data, as defined under section 13.02, subdivision 9.
History:
History: History:
1Sp2025 c 12 s 16
Practical Notes
Grid interconnection standards ensure that small generators can safely connect to the electric system.