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SOLAR ENERGY IOBS ACT HF 773 Rep.Will Morgan (DFL- Burnsville) SF 680 Sen. Chris Eaton (DFL - Brooklyn Center) To do the following: • establish a "Value of Solar" rate that utilities must pay to owners of solar photovoltaic systems for their excess generation; • establish a 10%by 2030 solar energy standard for all utilities; • establish a renewable energy production incentive account and make certain solar photovoltaic systems eligible to receive payments from it; • require each utility to provide to the DER an assessment of the capacity available on its distribution systems for interconnecting solar photovoltaic devices on or adjacent to nonresidential buildings; • require the Commerce Department to study: 1) the potential for solar installations on public buildings, 2) the value of on-site energy storage, and 3) the potential value of expanding solar thermal installations in commercial and residential buildings in Minnesota. (Some of these provisions were enacted. See Omnibus Energy bill above in New Laws.) EXCESS CIP SPENDING ALLOCATION HF 843 Rep. Pat Garofalo (R- Farmington) No Senate companion bill To allow utilities to keep two-thirds of any funds remaining under their CIP spending requirement once their energy savings requirement is met if they contribute the other third to a low-income home energy assistance program. TREE FUNDING HF 879 Rep.Andrew Falk(DFL- Murdock) SF 1454 Sen. Matt Schmit (DFL- Red Wing) To re-establish $5 million in annual funding from the Renewable Development Fund for the Initiative for Renewable Energy and the Environment at the U of M. (Funding was discontinued under legislation enacted in 2012.) 40%RENEWABLE ENERGY STANDARD HF 880 Rep. Frank Hornstein (DFL-Minneapolis) SF 763 Sen. Kevin Dahle (DFL- Northfield) To increase the Rewnewable Energy Standard to 40% by 2030. The legislation would also establish a solar energy standard of an unstated percentage of total sales, exempt 82