Prohibiting recovery of a rate of return on retired electric generating facilities; an exemption from certificate requirements for constructing a large electric generating facility; and a permit dashboard for applications for certificates of public convenience and necessity. (FE)

2. The bill allows a person to construct a large electric generating facility without obtaining a certificate of public convenience and necessity (CPCN) from PSC if both of the following are satisfied: a) the person demonstrates that on each day that the facility operates the person will consume at least 70 percent of the facility’s output for nonresidential purposes at the site of the facility; and b) if the facility is expected to be interconnected with a public utility’s electric infrastructure, the person agrees to pay all costs associated with interconnecting the facility. Under current law, a person seeking to construct a large electric generating facility having a nominal capacity of 100 megawatts or more must obtain a CPCN from PSC. Also, current law allows a person to construct a large electric generating facility without obtaining a CPCN if the person demonstrates that on each day that the facility operates the person will consume at least 70 percent of the facility’s output in manufacturing processes or ferrous mineral mining processes at the site of the facility.

3. The bill requires PSC to create and maintain a web page that displays for every CPCN application the procedural status of the application and the procedural status of any other permit or approval necessary for the applicant to construct the facility for which the application was submitted. The requirement applies to permits or approvals granted by the federal government, a state agency, or a city, village, town, or county.