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COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF CONSERVATION PROGRAMS HF 2007 Rep. Peggy Scott(R-Andover) SF 2063 Sen. Michelle Benson(R-Ham Lake) To amend the cost-effectiveness test for utility conservation programs to consider costs and benefits only to non-participating ratepayers. STATUS: This bill did not receive a committee hearing in the House or Senate. STATE ENERGY AUTHORITY HF 2032 Rep. Pat Garofalo (R-Farmington) No Senate companion To direct DEED to study the feasibility of establishing a State Energy Authority to construct and own generation and transmission, allocate low cost power to customers, and finance energy efficiency projects on public buildings. STATUS: This language was included in HF 843, the House jobs/energy omnibus bill,but was not included in future jobs/energy bills passed by the full Legislature. ELECTRIC VEHICLE PROMOTION PROGRAM HF 2081 Rep. Pat Garofalo (R-Farmington) SF 1948 Sen. John Marty(DFL-Roseville) To require investor-owned utilities that service first class cities (Xcel and Minnesota Power) to file an electric vehicle promotion program with the Public Utilities Commission. STATUS: This legislation received hearings in both the House and Senate. A variation of its language was included in the Senate's second energy policy omnibus bill(SF 1735). There was no House companion to this omnibus bill, so no further action was taken. PROPERTY RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN HF 2240 Rep. Chris Swedzinski (R-Ghent) SF 2062 Sen. Michelle Benson(R-Ham Lake) To require the Public Utilities Commission to provide a property rights ombudsman and assess utilities for the cost. STATUS: This bill did not receive a committee hearing in the House or Senate. CERTIFICATE OF NEED MODIFICATIONS SF 1355 Sen. Julie Rosen (R-Vernon Center) No House Companion To modify the list of facilities exempted from the certificate of need requirement to include natural gas generation and high voltage transmission lines over 200 kilovolts (if approved by a 142