ALJ Report Issued
The ALJ Report of Judge Luis has been issued in the Proposed Amendments to the Minnesota Electrical Code. The ALJ Report goes to the Board of Electricity for final adoption. For more information about the Board of Electricity, visit the agency's website.
General Information
The Minnesota Board of Electricity (“Board”) proposes to adopt amendments to Minnesota Rules, Chapter 1315 of the Minnesota State Building Code, which contains the Minnesota Electrical Code. The amendments adopt by reference the 2008 edition of the National Electrical Code.
These proposed rules change references to the current 2008 National Electrical Code (ANSI/NFPA 70-2008) and establishes an effective date of July 1, 2008 for the new code. This rulemaking has been assigned to Judge Luis. Judge Luis will issue a report with respect to the proposed rules in June. This website is intended to provide useful and timely information in connection with the rulemaking proceeding.
As part of the rulemaking process, a public hearings was held on May 13, 2007, in Saint Paul, Minnesota. During those hearings, a twenty-calendar-day period was set for the receipt of written comments regarding the proposed rules. Thus, the initial deadline for the submission of written comments in that rulemaking proceeding is 4:30 p.m. on June 2, 2008.
After the period for submission of written comments ends, state law provides the agency and all interested persons an additional period of five working days for filing a written response to any comments which were submitted. Additional or new evidence may not be submitted during this five-day reply period. The five-day reply period will expire at 4:30 p.m. on June 9, 2008.
Interested members of the public can e-mail, mail, fax, or deliver public comments to Judge Luis concerning the proposed rules. His address is as follows:
Richard C. Luis
Administrative Law Judge
600 North Robert Street
P.O. Box 64620
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55164-0620
rulecomments@state.mn.us
Fax: 651-361-7936
Agency Information
The Board's Statement of Need and Reasonableness (SONAR) and Proposed Rule are available here. These documents are in PDF format.
Public Exhibits
Scanned versions of some of the exhibits in this matter are provided through the links below. Procedural documents have not been scanned.
Public Comments
Comments received outside of the public hearings are combined into batched documents for public review [and are posted below]. The public comment period ends on 4:30 p.m. on June 2, 2008. Replies to these comments are due by 4:30 p.m. on June 9, 2008. These are "received by" deadlines, and commentators are urged to consider that when sending their comments and replies.
Agency Comments
The Department's comments in response to information received in the public hearing and the comment period are set out below.
Last Updated - July 10, 2008