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Waste Heat,Cogeneration&CHP (Sec. 2,4) - Demand side natural gas or electric energy <br /> displaced by the use of waste heat recovered and used as thermal energy. including the <br /> recovered thermal energy from a cogeneration or combined heat and power facility may be <br /> counted toward a utility's natural gas or electric energy savings goal. subject to department <br /> approval. "Waste heat recovered and used as thermal energy means capturing heat energy <br /> that would otherwise be exhausted or dissipated to the environment from machinery, <br /> buildings, or industrial processes and productively using such recovered thermal energy <br /> where it was captured or distributing it as thermal energy to other locations where it is <br /> used to reduce demand side consumption of natural gas. electric energy, or both." (Current <br /> law requires that recovered waste heat must be converted into electricity to qualify.) <br /> Amends Minn. Stat.§216B.241 by amending subdivision 1 and by adding a subdivision 10. <br /> From HF 780 by Rep.Tim Mahoney (DFL- St. Paul) and SF 642 by Sen. Scott Dibble (DFL - <br /> Minneapolis). <br /> CERTs Funding (Sec. 3) -The Community Energy Resource Teams will receive $500,000 <br /> per year from the Research and Development Fund under the Conservation Improvement <br /> Program on an ongoing basis. Previously, CERTs funding, if any, required specific <br /> appropriations to be made. Effective date: For assessments for state fiscal years <br /> commencing on or after July 1, 2013. <br /> From HF 1000 by Rep. Tim Kelly (R- Red Wing) and SF 1011 by Sen. Scott Dibble <br /> (DFL- Minneapolis). <br /> Miscellaneous Xcel cost recovery (Sec. 6) - Minnesota Statutes Section 216B.1637 is <br /> repealed. It allowed Xcel to recover through its rates the costs associated with replacing <br /> cast iron natural gas distribution and service lines and replacing breakers that contain <br /> sulfur hexafluoride. <br /> OMNIBUS ENVIRONMENT,NATURAL RESOURCES&AGRICULTURE FINANCE AND POLICY BILL <br /> 2013 Session Laws Chapter 114 <br /> HF 976 Rep.Jean Wagenius (DFL- Minneapolis) <br /> SF 1170 Sen. David Tomassoni (DFL- Chisolm) <br /> Groundwater assistance, monitoring and analysis <br /> From the general fund, $1.6 million is appropriated in fiscal year 2014 and $6 million in <br /> 2015 for the following purposes: <br /> (1) increased financial reimbursement and technical support to soil and water <br /> conservation districts or other local units of government for groundwater level <br /> monitoring; <br /> 72 <br />