Tribal lands exemption from provisions governing exclusive service areas for electric utilities

A bill for an act

relating to energy; exempting Tribal lands from provisions governing exclusive

service areas for electric utilities; amending Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement,

section 216B.40.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 216B.40, is amended to read:

216B.40 EXCLUSIVE SERVICE RIGHT; SERVICE EXTENSION.

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(a)
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Except as provided in sections
216B.42
,
216B.421
, and
216B.422
, each electric

utility shall have the exclusive right to provide electric service at retail to each and every

present and future customer in its assigned service area and no electric utility shall render

or extend electric service at retail within the assigned service area of another electric utility

unless the electric utility consents thereto in writing; provided that any electric utility may

extend its facilities through the assigned service area of another electric utility if the extension

is necessary to facilitate the electric utility connecting its facilities or customers within its

own assigned service area.

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(b) The exclusive rights and assigned service areas referenced in paragraph (a) do not

apply within the exterior boundaries of the 11 sovereign Indian nations in Minnesota

identified in section 10.65, subdivision 2.

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EFFECTIVE DATE.

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This section is effective the day following final enactment.

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