Minnesota legislation (Stat. 216B.16) allowed the PUC to “initiate a proceeding to determine a set of performance measures that can be used to assess a utility operating under a multiyear rate plan.” The PUC opened a proceeding in this area, issuing an order in January 2019 establishing three steps in phase one of a two-phase PBR process: articulating goals, identifying desired outcomes, and specifying performance metrics.