ND SB2139

Changes utility ten-year plan submission requirement from annual to biennial, with utilities submitting plans on or before July first of each even-numbered year and updating every second year after initial submission.

Requires utilities owning or operating facilities to include descriptions of general location, size, and type of all facilities to be owned, operated, or removed from service during the ten-year period.

Mandates identification of tentative preferred sites for energy conversion facilities and transmission facilities where construction is intended to commence within five years, in compliance with commission-published criteria.

Requires utilities to describe coordination efforts with other utilities to provide coordinated regional plans and efforts to involve environmental protection and land-use planning agencies in the planning process.

Requires statement of projected demand for utility services over ten years with underlying assumptions and geographic specificity, with the commission assessing proposed development to ensure orderly siting compatible with environmental preservation and efficient resource use.