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HF 3712

3rd Engrossment - 84th Legislature (2005 - 2006) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

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A bill for an act
relating to the environment; requiring disclosure regarding disposal of fluorescent
lamps containing mercury; requiring mercury emissions reduction by public
utilities; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 116.92, by adding a
subdivision; 216B.1692, subdivision 8; proposing coding for new law in
Minnesota Statutes, chapter 216B.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1. new text begin TITLE.
new text end

new text begin This act may be cited as the Mercury Emissions Reduction Act of 2006.
new text end

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 116.92, is amended by adding a subdivision to
read:


new text begin Subd. 7a. new text end

new text begin Fluorescent lamps; residential applications. new text end

new text begin Any information regarding
fluorescent lamps containing mercury that is sent by a utility to a customer, present on a
utility's Web site, or contained in a utility's print, radio, or video advertisement, must (1)
state that the lamps contain mercury that is harmful to the environment and that it is illegal
to place them in garbage and (2) provide a toll-free telephone number or Web site that
customers can access to learn how to lawfully dispose of the lamps.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective October 1, 2006.
new text end

Sec. 3.

new text begin [216B.105] CUSTOMER SHARE OF MERCURY CONTROL COSTS.
new text end

new text begin A utility selling electricity at retail shall report in a biannual bill insert the amount of
the customer's total bill that represents the utility's capital and operating costs to control
mercury emissions to the atmosphere as required under sections 216B.68 to 216B.688.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 4.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 216B.1692, subdivision 8, is amended to read:


Subd. 8.

Sunset.

This section is effective until deleted text begin June 30, 2006deleted text end new text begin December 31, 2013,
and applies to plans, projects, and riders approved before that date and modifications
made to them after that date
new text end .

Sec. 5.

new text begin [216B.68] DEFINITIONS; MERCURY EMISSIONS REDUCTION.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Scope. new text end

new text begin Terms used in sections 216B.68 to 216B.688 have the
meanings given them in this section and section 216B.02.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Agency. new text end

new text begin "Agency" means the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Dry scrubbed unit. new text end

new text begin "Dry scrubbed unit" means a targeted unit at which
pollution control technology that uses a spray dryer and fabric filter system to remove
pollutants from air emissions is installed or will be installed by December 31, 2007.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Federal mercury regulations. new text end

new text begin "Federal mercury regulations" means
the federal clean air mercury rule as of January 1, 2006, published in Code of Federal
Regulations, title 40, parts 60, 63, 70, and 72.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 5. new text end

new text begin Mercury emissions reduction. new text end

new text begin "Mercury emissions reduction" means
the amount of mercury reduced from the emissions of a targeted or supplemental unit,
relative to the emissions baseline from that unit established under section 216B.681,
expressed as a percentage.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 6. new text end

new text begin Qualifying facility. new text end

new text begin "Qualifying facility" means an electric generating
power plant in Minnesota that, as of January 1, 2006, had a total net dependable capacity
in excess of 500 megawatts from all coal-fired electric generating units at the power plant.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 7. new text end

new text begin Startup period. new text end

new text begin "Startup period" means a period of one year after the date
mercury control equipment is installed at a targeted unit under an approved mercury
emissions reduction plan, or such longer period as the commission may approve after
consultation with the Pollution Control Agency, if a longer period is necessary to optimize
equipment performance for mercury reduction.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 8. new text end

new text begin Targeted unit. new text end

new text begin "Targeted unit" means a coal-fired electric generation unit
greater than 100 megawatts at a qualifying facility.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 9. new text end

new text begin Wet scrubbed unit . new text end

new text begin "Wet scrubbed unit" means a targeted unit at which
pollution control technology that uses water or solutions to remove pollutants from air
emissions is installed.
new text end

Sec. 6.

new text begin [216B.681] MONITORING.
new text end

new text begin By July 1, 2007, a public utility that owns or operates a qualifying facility shall
install, maintain, and operate continuous mercury emission monitoring systems or other
method of monitoring approved by the agency on each targeted unit and, where applicable,
on each supplemental unit pursuant to section 216B.6851. The monitoring systems must
use methods set forth in federal mercury regulations or such other methods as may be
approved by the agency. The public utility shall report to the agency as public data the
quality assured data produced from monitoring implemented pursuant to this section on
a quarterly basis in a form prescribed by the agency. The data from at least six months'
monitoring must be used to establish a baseline for mercury emissions reductions under
sections 216B.68 to 216B.688.
new text end

Sec. 7.

new text begin [216B.682] MERCURY EMISSIONS REDUCTION PLANS.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Dry scrubbed units. new text end

new text begin (a) By December 31, 2007, a public utility that
owns a dry scrubbed unit at a qualifying facility shall develop and submit to the agency
and the commission a plan for mercury emissions reduction at each such unit. At each
dry scrubbed unit owned and operated by the utility, the plan must propose to employ the
available technology for mercury removal that is most likely to result in the removal of
at least 90 percent of the mercury emitted from the unit.
new text end

new text begin (b) A plan submitted under this subdivision must provide for mercury emissions
reduction at each dry scrubbed unit to be implemented by December 31, 2010. A public
utility that owns two dry scrubbed targeted units must submit a plan that provides for
implementation at one unit by December 31, 2009, and at the other unit by December
31, 2010.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Wet scrubbed units. new text end

new text begin (a) By December 31, 2009, a public utility that
owns a wet scrubbed unit at a qualifying facility shall develop and submit to the agency
and the commission a plan for mercury emissions reduction at each such unit. At each
wet scrubbed unit owned by the utility, the plan must propose to employ the available
technology for mercury removal that is most likely to result in the removal of at least 90
percent of the mercury emitted from the unit.
new text end

new text begin (b) A plan submitted under this subdivision must provide for mercury emissions
reduction at each wet scrubbed unit to be implemented by December 31, 2014.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Mercury emissions plans generally. new text end

new text begin (a) In each plan submitted under
this section, a utility shall present information assessing that plan's ability to optimize
human health benefits and achieve cost efficiencies. Each plan must provide the cost,
technical feasibility, and mercury emissions reduction expected for the utility's preferred
technology option and each alternative considered. The utility shall demonstrate that it
has considered achieving the mercury emissions reduction required under this section
through multiple pollutant control technology.
new text end

new text begin (b) A plan submitted under this section may also:
new text end

new text begin (1) provide measures to reduce the cost and maximize the flexibility of each option
proposed or considered; and
new text end

new text begin (2) specify permit targets or conditions proposed by the public utility for each
mercury emission control option proposed or considered, including, but not limited to,
numeric emission targets, percent removal expectations, emission control technology
installation and operation requirements or work practice standards, and potential changes
in the performance of the mercury emissions reduction technology over time.
new text end

new text begin (c) The utility may submit an emissions rate rider to the commission under section
216B.683 to recover the costs associated with plans filed under this section.
new text end

Sec. 8.

new text begin [216B.683] COST RECOVERY AND FINANCIAL INCENTIVES.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Emissions reduction riders. new text end

new text begin (a) A public utility required to file a
mercury emissions reduction plan under sections 216B.68 to 216B.688 may also file for
approval of emissions reduction rate riders pursuant to section 216B.1692, subdivision 3,
for its mercury control and other environmental improvement initiatives under sections
216B.68 to 216B.688.
new text end

new text begin (b) In addition to the cost recovery provided by section 216B.1692, subdivision 3,
the emissions reduction rate riders may include recovery of costs associated with (1)
the purchase and installation of continuous mercury emission monitoring systems, (2)
costs associated with the purchase and installation of emission reduction equipment, (3)
construction work in progress, (4) ongoing operation and maintenance costs associated
with the utility's emission control initiatives, including, but not limited to, the cost of any
sorbent or emission control reagent injected into the unit, (5) any project costs incurred
before plan approval that are demonstrated to the commission's satisfaction to be part
of the plan, and (6) any studies undertaken by the utility in support of the emissions
reduction plan.
new text end

new text begin (c) The utility may propose to phase in the emissions reduction riders to recover
these costs over the development and life of the projects.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Performance-based incentives. new text end

new text begin A mercury emissions reduction rider
approved by the commission may include performance-based financial incentives if the
commission determines that the incentives will increase the likelihood that the utility
will exceed 90 percent mercury emissions reductions, provided the incentives do not
impose excessive costs on the utility's consumers when added to the costs recovered under
subdivision 1. These incentives may include increased returns on investments or other
performance-based incentives. The commission may structure the financial incentives to
escalate for each additional increment of mercury emissions reduction achieved by the
utility above the 90 percent mercury emissions reduction.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Other provisions. new text end

new text begin (a) Section 216B.1692 applies to plans and emissions
control riders proposed under sections 216B.68 to 216B.688, except that:
new text end

new text begin (1) projects included in a plan approved under sections 216B.68 to 216B.688 are
deemed to be qualifying projects for the purposes of section 216B.1692; and
new text end

new text begin (2) section 216B.1692, subdivisions 5, paragraph (c), and 6, do not apply to plans
or riders submitted under sections 216B.68 to 216B.688.
new text end

new text begin (b) Commission approval of an emissions reduction plan under this section includes
approval of an emissions reduction rider associated with that plan if submitted by the
utility.
new text end

Sec. 9.

new text begin [216B.684] ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT.
new text end

new text begin The Pollution Control Agency shall evaluate a utility's mercury emissions reduction
plans filed under sections 216B.682 and 216B.6851 and submit its evaluation to the Public
Utilities Commission within 180 days of the date the plan is filed with the agency and
commission. In its review, the agency shall (1) assess whether the utility's plan meets
the requirements of section 216B.682 or 216B.6851, as applicable, (2) evaluate the
environmental and public health benefits of each option proposed or considered by the
utility, including benefits associated with reductions in pollutants other than mercury,
(3) assess the technical feasibility and cost-effectiveness of technologies proposed or
considered by the utility for achieving mercury emissions reduction, and (4) advise the
commission of the appropriateness of the utility's plan. In preparing its assessment, the
agency may request additional information from the utility, especially with regard to
alternative technologies or configurations applicable to the specific unit, and the estimated
costs of those alternatives.
new text end

Sec. 10.

new text begin [216B.685] COMMISSION APPROVAL.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Commission review and evaluation. new text end

new text begin The Public Utilities
Commission shall review and evaluate a utility's mercury emissions reduction plans and
associated emissions reduction riders submitted under section 216B.682 or pursuant
to subdivision 2, paragraph (b). In its review, the commission shall consider the
environmental and public health benefits, the agency's assessment of technical feasibility,
competitiveness of customer rates, and cost-effectiveness of the utility's proposed mercury
control initiatives in light of the Pollution Control Agency's report under section 216B.684.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Commission approval. new text end

new text begin (a) Within 180 days of receiving the agency's
report on a utility's plan filed under section 216B.682, subdivision 1 or 2, the commission
shall order the implementation of a utility's mercury emissions reduction plan and
associated emissions reduction rider that complies with the requirements of the applicable
subdivision of section 216B.682, unless the commission determines that the plan as
proposed fails to provide for increased environmental and health benefits or would impose
excessive costs on the utility's customers.
new text end

new text begin (b) If the commission is unable to approve the utility's plan and associated emissions
reduction riders as proposed, it shall direct the utility to amend and resubmit its proposed
plan in light of the record developed on the proposed plan or, at the utility's option, to
file a new plan consistent with the requirements of the applicable subdivision of section
216B.682.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Technical issues. new text end

new text begin The commission shall give due consideration to the
assessment of the Pollution Control Agency on compliance issues under sections 216B.68
to 216B.688, technical feasibility of emission control technology, and environmental and
public health benefits associated with emissions reductions.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Other provisions. new text end

new text begin (a) Unless the utility proposes to do so, the commission
may not require the replacement of existing pollution control equipment at a targeted or
supplemental unit as a condition for approving a plan pursuant to this section or section
216B.6851.
new text end

new text begin (b) The commission may allow a utility up to two extensions of any deadline
established under sections 216B.68 to 216B.688 or commission order under those
sections, if the utility demonstrates the unavailability of necessary equipment or other
extraordinary circumstances. An extension under this paragraph may last no longer than
12 months. The commission may not extend a deadline for final installation of pollution
control equipment for longer than 12 months.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 5. new text end

new text begin Equipment optimization required. new text end

new text begin A commission order under this
section must require the utility to optimize the operation of equipment installed under a
plan approved under this section to obtain maximum mercury reductions and to report the
utility's efforts and results annually to the Pollution Control Agency, until such time as the
agency determines the reports to be no longer necessary.
new text end

Sec. 11.

new text begin [216B.6851] UTILITY OPTION.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Election. new text end

new text begin A public utility with less than 200,000 customers subject to
sections 216B.68 to 216B.688 that owns two wet scrubbed units at a qualifying facility
may opt to be regulated under this section for those units in lieu of section 216B.682.
Plans under this section are subject to section 216B.682, subdivision 3. Except where
otherwise provided, all other provisions of sections 216B.68 to 216B.688 apply.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Supplemental unit. new text end

new text begin "Supplemental unit" means a coal-fired electric
generation unit at an electric generating power plant in Minnesota at which mercury
emissions reduction measures are taken as part of an emissions reduction plan under
this section.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Plan for 90 percent reduction required. new text end

new text begin A public utility that elects to be
regulated under this section must file a mercury emissions reduction plan that is designed
to achieve total mercury reduction at targeted and supplemental units owned by the utility
equivalent to a goal of 90 percent reduction of mercury emissions at the utility's targeted
units by December 31, 2014.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Alternative plans. new text end

new text begin The utility shall also submit one or more alternatives
to the 90 percent reduction plan required under subdivision 3. Alternative plans must be
designed to come as near as technically possible to achieving the goal established in
subdivision 3 without imposing excessive costs on the utility's customers.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 5. new text end

new text begin Early action; wet scrubbed units. new text end

new text begin The utility electing for regulation
under this section shall file an initial plan for mercury emissions reduction at one of its
two wet scrubbed units on or before December 31, 2007. The plan must provide for
mercury emissions reduction to be implemented at that unit by December 31, 2010. If
the plan is approved by the commission, and implemented by the utility, the utility may
have until July 1, 2011, to file its plans for reduction at its other wet scrubbed unit at
the qualifying facility, and may have until December 31, 2014, to implement mercury
emissions reduction at that unit.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 6. new text end

new text begin Agency review and commission approval new text end

new text begin (a) The agency shall review the
utility's plans as provided in section 216B.684.
new text end

new text begin (b) The Public Utilities Commission shall review and evaluate a utility's mercury
emissions reduction plans submitted under this section. In its review, the commission
shall consider the environmental and public health benefits, the agency's determination
of technical feasibility, competitiveness of customer rates, and cost-effectiveness of
the utility's proposed mercury control initiatives in light of the Pollution Control
Agency's review under paragraph (a). Within 180 days of receiving the agency's report,
the commission shall approve a utility's mercury emissions reduction plan that the
commission reasonably expects will come closest to achieving total mercury reductions at
targeted and supplemental units owned by the utility equivalent to a goal of 90 percent
reduction of mercury emissions at the utility's targeted units by December 31, 2014, in
a manner that provides for increased environmental and public health benefits without
imposing excessive costs on the utility's customers. If the commission is unable to
approve the utility's 90 percent reduction plan filed under subdivision 3, the commission,
in consultation with the Pollution Control Agency, shall order the utility to implement
the most stringent mercury control alternative proposed by the utility under this section
that provides for increased environmental and public health benefits without imposing
excessive costs on the utility's customers.
new text end

new text begin (c) At each targeted and supplemental unit included in a plan under this section, a
utility shall propose to implement mercury emissions control measures that will result
in the greatest reduction of mercury emitted from that unit that is technically feasible
without imposing excessive costs.
new text end

Sec. 12.

new text begin [216B.686] OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT PLANS.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Utility filing. new text end

new text begin (a) In order to encourage a utility to address multiple
pollutants, a utility required to submit mercury reduction plans under sections 216B.68 to
216B.688 may also propose plans for investments and related expenses in pollution control
equipment to be installed at facilities in Minnesota needed to comply with state or federal
emission control statutes or regulations that became effective after December 31, 2004.
new text end

new text begin (b) For each plan, the utility must show that the investments in pollution control
equipment to be installed at facilities in Minnesota under the plan will provide for
increased environmental and public health benefits, do not impose excessive costs on the
utility's customers, and will achieve at least the pollution control required by applicable
state or federal regulations.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Emission reduction riders. new text end

new text begin A public utility that files a plan under this
section may also file for approval of an emissions reduction rate rider under section
216B.683, subdivision 1.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Agency review. new text end

new text begin (a) The Pollution Control Agency shall evaluate a utility's
plans filed under this section and, within 180 days of receiving the filing, provide the
commission with:
new text end

new text begin (1) verification that the emissions reduction project qualifies under subdivision 1;
new text end

new text begin (2) a description of the projected environmental benefits of the proposed project; and
new text end

new text begin (3) its assessment of the appropriateness of the proposed plans.
new text end

new text begin (b) In preparing its review under this subdivision, the agency may request additional
information from the utility, especially with regard to alternative technologies or
configurations applicable to a specific unit, and the estimated costs of those alternatives.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Commission approval. new text end

new text begin The commission shall review and evaluate
a utility's plans and associated emissions reduction riders for other environmental
improvement initiatives submitted under this section. The commission shall consider
the overall environmental and public health benefits, total costs, and competitiveness
of customer rates. Within 180 days of receiving the agency's report prepared under
subdivision 3, the commission shall approve the plan and associated emissions reduction
rider if the commission finds that it meets the requirements of subdivision 1, paragraph (b).
new text end

Sec. 13.

new text begin [216B.687] IMPLEMENTATION AND OPERATION.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Permit conditions for mercury reductions. new text end

new text begin The agency shall
establish the mercury emissions reduction for each targeted unit included in a plan
approved under section 216B.685, or where applicable, for each targeted and supplemental
unit included in a plan approved under section 216B.6851.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Enforcement by the agency. new text end

new text begin (a) Except as required by federal regulation,
any mercury reduction incorporated into the permit for a targeted unit as established
under a plan approved under section 216B.685, or where applicable, for each targeted
and supplemental unit included in a plan approved under section 216B.6851, must be a
state-only condition of the permit and will not be enforced by the agency during the
startup period.
new text end

new text begin (b) After the startup period ends, the Pollution Control Agency shall incorporate
into the permit the mercury reduction reasonably expected to be achieved at each unit or
facility as an enforceable state-only reduction. For a qualifying facility with multiple
units that has one or more units included in approved plans, the agency may establish the
mercury emissions reduction for the facility covering all targeted and supplemental units
at that facility after the startup periods for all units have concluded, and the actual mercury
emissions for the units have been determined. In setting the reduction, the agency shall
give due consideration to the results of monitoring before implementation of the plan,
the results of monitoring during the startup period, and any factors that may impact the
performance of the unit for the next five years.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Equipment optimization required. new text end

new text begin The agency shall revise the unit's
air permit every five years to ensure optimal mercury emissions reduction by equipment
installed under an approved plan, in light of technical and operational advances made since
the date of plan approval. In revising the unit's air permit, the agency may recommend,
but shall not require, additional investments in pollution control equipment, or the removal
of equipment installed pursuant to an approved plan. The utility may seek commission
review of the costs associated with a permit requirement or request for equipment
optimization proposed by the agency and, if review is requested, the revision is not
effective until approved by the commission. The commission shall approve the revision
unless the utility or other party shows that it will impose excessive consumer costs.
new text end

Sec. 14.

new text begin [216B.688] RELATIONSHIP TO STATE REGULATION.
new text end

new text begin Except as otherwise provided for equipment optimization as specified in section
216B.687, a public utility implementing an approved mercury emissions reduction plan
is not required to undertake additional investments or incur additional operating or
maintenance costs to reduce mercury at a unit included in a plan approved under section
216B.685 or 216B.6851.
new text end