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• recognize the role played by the regional wholesale electricity market and demand <br /> side and storage resources as a source of standby power for a distributed energy <br /> resource. <br /> CIP SAVINGS GOAL SUNSET <br /> HF 1271 Rep. Roger Erickson (DFL- Baudette) <br /> SF 1358 Sen. Tom Saxhaug (DFL- Grand Rapids) <br /> To repeal the requirement that utilities meet an annual energy savings goal, beginning in <br /> 2016. In the meantime,all utility infrastructure improvements would count toward a <br /> utility's CIP savings goal regardless of whether it has met 1%savings on customer-side <br /> improvements. The bill would also set compensation for all customer-generated electricity <br /> at a rate equal to the utility's avoided cost. <br /> GROUNDWATER CONFERENCE <br /> HF 1373 Rep. Peter Fischer (DFL- Maplewood) <br /> SF 988 Sen. Charles Wiger (DFL- Maplewood) <br /> To appropriate money from the Clean Water Fund to pay for a metropolitan groundwater <br /> management conference. (See Omnibus Environment, Natural Resources&Agriculture <br /> Finance and Policy bill in New Laws above.) <br /> UTILITY FRANCHISE AGREEMENTS <br /> HF 1450 Rep. Raymond Dehn (DFL- Minneapolis) <br /> SF 1490 Sen. Kari Dziedzic (DFL- Minneapolis) <br /> To set requirements relating to franchise agreements between cities and non-municipal <br /> utilities to promote renewable energy and energy efficiency. <br /> COST OF SERVICE <br /> HF 1515 Rep. Michael Beard (R-Shakopee) <br /> SF 545 Sen. David Tomassoni (DFL- Chisolm) <br /> To require the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission to consider the respective costs of <br /> serving the separate classes of electric customers (residential, commercial, industrial) as a <br /> primary factor in allocating revenue among customer classes in its rate cases. <br /> 87 <br /> • <br />