216B.421 HOMESTEAD; OPTION OF ELECTRIC SERVICE.
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216B.421 HOMESTEAD; OPTION OF ELECTRIC SERVICE.
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Subdivision 1. Multiple service areas; customer election.
Notwithstanding the establishment of assigned service areas for electric utilities provided for in section 216B.39 , when a customer requires electric service for buildings or other structures located on land constituting the customer's homestead and the buildings or structures are located within more than one assigned service area, the customer may elect to contract for or purchase the customer's entire electric service requirements from either of the electric utilities providing the customer with electric service.
An electric utility may extend its facilities through the assigned service area of another electric utility if the extension is necessary to facilitate the electric utility connecting a customer who elects to purchase or contract for service from it pursuant to this section.
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Subd. 2. Restriction.
The provisions of subdivision 1 shall only apply to the provision of electric service to buildings and other structures that were under construction on April 11, 1974.