Minnesota Statutes

Minn. Stat. § 216B.2421 (2026)

Definition Of Large Energy Facility

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Subdivision 1.Applicability.

The definition in this section applies to this section and sections 216B.2422 and 216B.243.

Subd. 2.Large energy facility.

"Large energy facility" means:

(1) any electric power generating plant or combination of plants at a single site with a combined capacity of 50,000 kilowatts or more and transmission lines directly associated with the plant that are necessary to interconnect the plant to the transmission system;

(2) any high-voltage transmission line with a capacity of 300 kilovolts or more and greater than one mile in length in Minnesota;

(3) any high-voltage transmission line with a capacity of 100 kilovolts or more with more than ten miles of its length in Minnesota;

(4) any pipeline greater than six inches in diameter and having more than 50 miles of its length in Minnesota used for the transportation of coal, crude petroleum or petroleum fuels or oil, or their derivatives;

(5) any pipeline for transporting natural or synthetic gas at pressures in excess of 200 pounds per square inch with more than 50 miles of its length in Minnesota;

(6) any facility designed for or capable of storing on a single site more than 1,000,000 gallons of liquefied natural gas or synthetic gas;

(7) any underground gas storage facility requiring a permit pursuant to section 103I.681;

(8) any nuclear fuel processing or nuclear waste storage or disposal facility; and

(9) any facility intended to convert any material into any other combustible fuel and having the capacity to process in excess of 75 tons of the material per hour.

Subd. 3.

[Repealed, 2001 c 212 art 7 s 36]

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 1993–2014 · leading case: North Dakota v. Heydinger, 15 F. Supp. 3d 891 (D. Minnesota 2014).

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North Dakota v. Heydinger, 15 F. Supp. 3d 891 (D. Minnesota 2014). · cites it 2× “Minn.Stat. § 216B.2421, subd. 2(1); id. § 216H.”

In Re Certificate of Need for Constr. of an Indep. Spent Fuel Storage Installation, 501 N.W.2d 638 (Minn. Ct. App. 1993). · cites it 2× “” Minn.Stat. § 216B.2421, subd. 2(g) (1990).”

North Dakota v. Heydinger, 288 F.R.D. 423 (D. Minnesota 2012). · cites it 2× “” Minn.Stat. § 216B.2421, subd. 2(1). 1 The prohibitions contained in Minn.”

In re the N. State Power Co. for Approval of its 1998 Resource Plan, 604 N.W.2d 386 (Minn. Ct. App. 2000). · cites it 2× “” Minn.Stat. § 216B.2421, subd. 2(g) (1998).”

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