Section 216B.245 Pump and Store Hydropower Facility; Prohibition

216B.245 PUMP AND STORE HYDROPOWER FACILITY; PROHIBITION.

A state agency may not issue a permit for the construction of a facility for generating electricity if the facility would be located on top of the bluffs along the Mississippi River and would pump water from any portion of the river, store the water on top of the bluffs, and release the water at a later time to generate the electricity.

History:

1993 c 147 s 1