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CONSERVATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM INCREASE <br /> HF 1870 Rep. Bob Loonan(R-Shakopee) <br /> SF 1098 Sen. Scott Dibble (DFL-Minneapolis) <br /> To increase the state's overall energy savings goal from 1.5 to 2 percent. Public utilities would <br /> be required to meet an additional 0.5 percent energy optimization goal(supply-side)within the <br /> Conservation Improvement Program and cogeneration projects would be allowed to satisfy that <br /> goal. The DER would be required to adopt a filing schedule designed to have all electric utilities <br /> achieving 1.5%annual energy savings and all CIP-reporting gas utilities achieving 1% annual <br /> energy savings by 2017. <br /> STATUS: SF 1098 received a hearing in the Senate Environment and Energy Committee and <br /> the language was included in the Senate's first energy policy omnibus bill, which was never <br /> debated on the Senate floor. HF 1870 did not receive a hearing in the House. <br /> *This legislation is also noted in the Electric section. <br /> 151 <br />