Minnesota SF4554 clarifies required elements in applications for petroleum pipeline certificates of need.

Minnesota SF4554 specifies required elements in an application for a certificate of need for a petroleum pipeline. The application must include separate annual demand forecasts for motor fuel and other refined petroleum products for each year of the forecast period in Minnesota and contiguous states. These forecasts must be derived from factors such as population, vehicle miles traveled, fuel intensity, electric vehicle penetration rates, and refinery capacity expansion plans.

Minnesota SF4554 clarifies required elements in applications for petroleum pipeline certificates of need.

Minnesota SF4554 specifies required elements in an application for a certificate of need for a petroleum pipeline. The application must include separate annual demand forecasts for motor fuel and other refined petroleum products for each year of the forecast period in Minnesota and contiguous states. These forecasts must be derived from factors such as population, vehicle miles traveled, fuel intensity, electric vehicle penetration rates, and refinery capacity expansion plans.