2025 Session
Last amended: 2005 session
§ 216B.79 — Preventative Maintenance
Plain-Language Summary
Creates a framework for utility investment in grid modernization and advanced metering technology.
216B.79 PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE.
The commission may order public utilities to make adequate infrastructure investments and undertake sufficient preventative maintenance with regard to generation, transmission, and distribution facilities. The commission’s authority under this section also applies to any transmission company that owns or operates electric transmission lines in Minnesota.
History:
2001 c 212 art 3 s 2; 2005 c 97 art 1 s 11
History: History: 2001 c 212 art 3 s 2; 2005 c 97 art 1 s 11
Practical Notes
Grid modernization investments help utilities improve reliability and integrate renewable energy sources.