(1) (a) The commission shall promulgate rules that require each wholesale electric cooperative to submit to the commission an application for approval of an integrated or electric resource plan. The commission shall evaluate a wholesale electric cooperative plan using rules that the commission has adopted that are applicable to wholesale electric cooperatives.
(b) In developing rules for a wholesale electric cooperative, the commission must consider, among other factors determined by the commission, whether each wholesale electric cooperative:
Serves a multistate operational jurisdiction;
Has a not-for-profit ownership structure; and
Has a resource plan that meets the energy policy goals of the state.
(2) As used in this section, "wholesale electric cooperative" means any generation and transmission cooperative electric association that provides wholesale electric service directly to cooperative electric associations.
Source: L. 2019: Entire section added, (SB 19-236), ch. 359, p. 3304, § 8, effective May 30.