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renewable energy projects from the certificate of need requirement, require uniform reporting of RES rate impacts (See Omnibus Energy bill above), limit the lives of Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) to one year and limit REC trading to states that have RES requirements comparable to Minnesota's and that allow the purchase of Minnesota- generated RECs. MUNICIPAL UTILITY TERRITORY EXTENSION COMPENSATION LIMIT HF 945 Rep. Frank Hornstein (DFL- Minneapolis) SF 911 Sen.Jeff Hayden (DFL- Minneapolis) To remove"loss of revenue" as a calculation factor when determining compensation that a municipal utility must pay when buying out another utility. (This bill was introduced in support of threats by renewable energy advocates to municipalize Minneapolis electric service.) NET METERING SIZE LIMIT INCREASE HF 955 Rep. Melissa Hortman (DFL- Brooklyn Park) No Senate companion bill To increase the customer facility size limit for net metering facilities from 40kW to 1,000kW for customers of investor-owned,municipal and cooperative utilities. (See Article 9 of the Omnibus Energy bill above.) TELECOMMUNICATIONS REGULATION OVERHAUL HF 985 Rep. Sheldon Johnson (DFL-St. Paul) SF 584 Sen. Dan Sparks (DFL-Austin) To completely restructure the state's regulatory framework for providing telephone, cable and Internet services. (This bill would potentially prohibit public entities from owning any telecommunications infrastructure except traditional telephone wire and restrict them to providing only traditional telephone service.) UTILITY DISCONNECTION REPORTING HF 1001 Rep.John Ward (DFL- Baxter) SF 903 Sen. Susan Kent(DFL-Woodbury) To require electric and gas utilities,upon written request from cities in their service areas, to make daily reports to the cities with the addresses and dates of any newly disconnected properties throughout the year. (Currently,utilities must make such reports upon request only between October 15 and April 15.) 83