Utilities shall file any request for an exemption from any of the filing requirements of this chapter no later than August 1 of the year in which the biennial transmission projects report will be filed. Utilities shall include the reasons for the request and suggest alternative filing requirements that would address the purposes of any filing requirements from which they seek exemption.
Initial comments on exemption requests must be filed within 20 days of the date of filing. Reply comments must be filed within 20 days of the expiration of the initial comment period. Utilities shall include with any exemption request a clear and conspicuous notice of these comment periods.
Utilities shall serve their exemption requests on the following persons:
The commission shall grant an exemption if it finds that the data requirement is unnecessary to determine need for a proposed facility, that the data requirement is unnecessary for it to evaluate and act on a biennial transmission projects report, or that the data requirement may be satisfied by submitting a document other than the one specified in the rules.
Minn. R. 7848.1700
Statutory Authority: MS s 216A.05; 216B.08; 216B.09