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Great River Energy <br /> December 6,2013 <br /> Page 4 <br /> ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS <br /> In addition to meeting the energy savings goal and the total and low-income spending requirements, <br /> Minnesota Statutes §§216B.241 and 216B.2411 contain provisions that utilities must meet,including the <br /> following: <br /> Research and Development(R&D):Each utility and association may spend up the 10 percent of a <br /> utility's minimum spending requirement on R&D(§216B.241,subd.2(c)). <br /> Distributed and Renewable Generation (DRG):Each utility and association may spend up the 5 <br /> percent of a utility's minimum spending requirement on DRG(§216B.2411,subd. 1). Utilities <br /> may not use green pricing programs to achieve CIP requirements. <br /> Load-Management Activities:Each utility and association may use load-management activities to <br /> achieve up to 50 percent of a utility's minimum spending requirement(§216B.241,subd. lb(e)). <br /> Green Building Standards:Each utility and association must offer one or more programs that <br /> support green building certification of commercial buildings and that support goals consistent <br /> with Sustainable Buildings 2030(SB 2030)standards(§216B.241,subd. If(c)and§216B.241, <br /> subd. 9(e)). We recommend that at a minimum,utilities offer subsidies for design assistance <br /> and/or certification expenses on a case by case basis within their commercial and industrial <br /> program(s). <br /> Electric Utility Infrastructure(EUI): As stated above,energy savings from EUI projects count <br /> towards CIP energy savings goals. However,according to the Minnesota Statutes,spending on <br /> EUI projects may not be counted towards CIP spending requitcments. <br /> 92 <br />