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02/20/19 REVISOR RSI/SL 19-3503 as introduced 9.1 consumer-owned utility and designed to turn off,limit,or vary the delivery of energy,is 9.2 the exclusive property of the building owner,except to the extent that the improvement is 9.3 subject to a security interest in favor of the utility in case of a loan to the building owner. 9.4 The utility has no liability for loss,damage,or injury caused directly or indirectly by an 9.5 energy conservation improvement,except for negligence by the utility in purchase, 9.6 installation,or modification of the product. 9.7 Subd. 8.Criteria for efficient electrification or conversion improvements and load 9.8 management.(a)Each consumer-owned utility subject to this section may form a technical 9.9 consumer-owned utility working group to define and establish proposed programs for 9.10 efficient electrification or conversion improvements and load management.A proposed 9.11 program may be included in an energy conservation and optimization plan filed by the 9.12 consumer-owned utility under subdivision 4.The technical consumer-owned utility working 9.13 group may approve a proposed program for efficient electrification or conversion 9.14 improvements if it finds the investment is cost-effective after considering the costs and 9.15 benefits of the proposed investment to rate payers,the utility,participants,and society. 9.16 (b)The commission may permit a consumer-owned utility subject to rate regulation to 9.17 file rate schedules providing for annual recovery of the costs of(1)efficient electrification 9.18 or conversion improvement programs,and(2)cost-effective load management approved 9.19 by the technical consumer-owned utility working group under subdivision 6,including 9.20 reasonable and prudent costs associated with promoting and implementing a program 9.21 approved under this subdivision. 9.22 (c)An efficient electrification or conversion improvement is deemed efficient if the 9.23 technical consumer-owned utility working group finds the improvement,relative to the fuel 9.24 that is being displaced: 9.25 (1)results in a net reduction in the cost and amount of source energy consumed for a 9.26 particular use,measured on a fuel-neutral basis; 9.27 (2)results in a net reduction of statewide greenhouse gas emissions,as defined in section 9.28 216H.01,subdivision 2,over the lifetime of the improvement.For an efficient electrification 9.29 or conversion improvement installed by an electric utility,the reduction in emissions must 9.30 be measured based on the emissions profile of the utility or the utility's wholesale provider. 9.31 Where applicable,the emissions profile used must be the most recent resource plan accepted 9.32 by the commission under section 216B.2422; 9.33 (3)is cost-effective from a societal perspective,considering the costs associated with 9.34 both the fuel used in the past and the fuel used in the future;and Article 3 Section 1. 9 107