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PLEASE NOTE: Nearly all of this law affects only investor-owned utilities. While some provisions will have an indirect or general effect on the state's energy regulatory environment, ONLY THE UNDERLINED TEXT IN THE PROVISIONS BELOW APPLIES DIRECTLY TO MUNICIPAL UTILITIES OR MUNICIPAL POWER AGENCIES. Utility Regulation (Article 7) Section 1 -Allows utilities to recover the costs of facilities approved by the regulatory commission of the state in which the new transmission facilities are to be constructed. Amends Minn. Stat.§216.16, subd. 7b. Effective Date: July 1, 2013. Sections 2, 9- Makes minor changes to non-municipal gas utility rate setting statutes. Amends Minn. Stat. §216B.1635. Effective Date: May 22, 2013. Section 3 - Requires the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission.in consultation with the Division of Energy Resources.to establish a uniform template for municipal power agencies. G&Ts and IOUs to follow when they report.as part of their integrated resource plans.on the impact of the Renewable Energy Standard on their rates. Amends Minn. Stat. §216.1691,subd. 2e. Effective Date: July 1, 2013. Sections 4-8 -Allows the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission to approve an emissions reduction rate rider for an out-of-state power plant owned by Ottertail Power and makes related statutory changes. Amends Minn.Stat.§216B.1692 and§216B.1695. Effective Date: May 22, 2013. From HE 1326 by Rep.Jay McNamar (DFL- Elbow Lake) and SF 1104 by Sen. Lyle Koenen (DFL- Clarissa). PACE- Property-Assessed Clean Energy (Article 8) Section 1 - Defines "cost-effective energy improvements" as"energy improvements that have been identified in an energy audit or renewable energy system feasibility study as repaying their purchase and installation costs in 20 years or less,based on the amount of future energy saved and estimated future energy prices." Amends Minn.Stat.§216C.435 by adding a subdivision 3a. Section 2 - Changes the definition of"qualifying real property"to require that it be capable of benefiting from energy improvements "that are cost-effective." Amends Minn. Stat. §216C.435,subd. 8. Section 3 - Requires that any financing program under PACE must not prohibit the financing of other cost-effective energy improvements. Amends Minn. Stat. §216C.436, subd. 2. Sections 4, 6-Allows financers to make assessments be payable in up to 20 equal annual installments. Amends Minn. Stat. §216C.436,subd. 7 and§429.101, subd. 2. 65