Minnesota Administrative Rules
Agency 138 - Public Utilities Commission
Chapter 7855 - CERTIFICATE OF NEED; LARGE ENERGY FACILITY
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR FUEL CONVERSION FACILITIES
Part 7855.0300 - PROPOSED FUEL CONVERSION FACILITY; DESCRIPTION

Universal Citation: MN Rules 7855.0300

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 13, September 23, 2024

Each application for a fuel conversion facility shall contain the following information:

A. a physical description of the facility, including:

(1) its location, to the fullest extent known;

(2) an estimate of the required land area and the height of the tallest structures;

(3) its design capacity in tons per hour of input material;

(4) a schematic drawing showing major components of the facility; and

(5) a map showing the planned location of the facility and its interconnections with energy transportation systems;

B. data regarding design and construction of the facility, including:

(1) if known, the complete name and business address of the engineer and firm that would be responsible for the design of the facility;

(2) if known, the complete name and business address of the company that would construct the facility;

(3) the proposed date for commencing construction and the proposed in-service date;

(4) the estimated installed cost of the facility in current dollars; and

(5) the estimated economic life of the facility; and

C. data regarding operation of the facility, including:

(1) a narrative description of the steps of the process;

(2) the types and sources of input materials that would be processed by the facility and the estimated energy content of each in Btu per appropriate unit of measure;

(3) the types of output products, the amount of each, and the estimated energy content of each in Btu per appropriate unit of measure;

(4) the projected annual operating and maintenance costs in current dollars for each of the first five calendar years of operation;

(5) a description of the methods that would be used to transport input and output materials to and from the facility;

(6) the estimated amounts and types of energy products that would be consumed during operation at the design capacity;

(7) the expected average percentage of use of the full design capacity for each of the first five calendar years of operation; and

(8) a discussion of the maintenance requirements of the facility, including the estimated impact on production.

Statutory Authority: MS s 216B.08; 216B.2421; 216B.243; 216C.10

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