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- Provisions MMUA objected to that were removed from the omnibus bills - The following proposals were in some version of the House or Senate omnibus energy bill at some time during the legislation development stage but did not make it into the final law. • An increase in the Renewable Energy Standard to 40% by 2030. • A new solar energy standard of 4%by 2025. (IOUs must meet a new solar standard of 1.5%. See below.) • Authority for unregulated businesses to install and own solar devices on the properties of people, businesses and other utility customers and sell the electric output to those property owners. ("Third-party ownership.") • An exemption from all limitations on net metering facilities for wind turbine systems of up to 3.5 megawatts placed on properties with buildings that are wholly or partially financed with public funds. • A prohibition on municipal and cooperative utilities from charging standby fees to generating customers. • A virtual prohibition on municipal and cooperative utilities against limiting the amount of distributed generation on their electric systems. • A provision requiring municipal and cooperative utilities to allow entities to interconnect solar arrays to the utilities' systems and sell subscriptions for the solar output to the utilities' customers using the utilities' conducting lines for power delivery. ("Community Solar.") • Annual assessments on municipal and cooperative utilities equal to 5% of their previous year's spending requirement under the Conservation Improvement Program. • A fee (tax) on all electric utilities of up to 1.33%of their annual gross retail sales for deposit into a state fund dedicated to subsidizing solar energy producers. - Provisions that became law - The following provisions were enacted as articles 7-13 of the 2013 Session Laws, Chapter 85. The effective date of each provision is July 1, 2013,unless otherwise stated at the end of the provision summary. 64