6.1a ERMUSR 03-12-2019 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

02/20/19 REVISOR RSI/SL 19-3503 as introduced 14.1 (3)a municipal utility with less than 1,000,000,000 cubic feet in annual throughput sales 14.2 to retail natural gas customers. 14.3 Sec.2.Minnesota Statutes 2018,section 216B.241, subdivision Id,is amended to read: 14.4 Subd. 1 d.Technical assistance.(a)The commissioner shall evaluate energy conservation 14.5 improvement programs under this section and section 216B.2402 on the basis of 14.6 cost-effectiveness and the reliability of the technologies employed.The commissioner shall, 14.7 by order,establish,maintain,and update energy-savings assumptions that must be used 14.8 when filing energy conservation improvement programs.The commissioner shall establish 14.9 an inventory of the most effective energy conservation programs,techniques,and 14.10 technologies,and encourage all Minnesota utilities to implement them,where appropriate, 14.11 in their service territories.The commissioner shall describe these programs in sufficient 14.12 detail to provide a utility reasonable guidance concerning implementation.The commissioner 14.13 shall prioritize the opportunities in order of potential energy savings and in order of 14.14 cost-effectiveness. The commissioner may contract with a third party to carry out any of 14.1s the commissioner's duties under this subdivision,and to obtain technical assistance to 14.16 evaluate the effectiveness of any conservation improvement program. The commissioner 14.17 may assess up to$850,000 annually for the purposes of this subdivision.The assessments 14.18 must be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the energy and conservation account 14.19 created under subdivision 2a.An assessment made under this subdivision is not subject to 14.20 the cap on assessments provided by section 216B.62,or any other law. 14.21 (b)Of the assessment authorized under paragraph(a),the commissioner may expend 14.22 up to$400,000 annually for the purpose of developing,operating,maintaining,and providing 14.23 technical support for a uniform electronic data reporting and tracking system available to 14.24 all utilities subject to this section,in order to enable accurate measurement of the cost and 14.25 energy savings of the energy conservation improvements required by this section.This 14.26 paragraph expires June 30,2018. 14.27 Sec.3.Minnesota Statutes 2018,section 216B.241, subdivision 2, is amended to read: 14.28 Subd.2.Programs.(a)The commissioner may require public utilities to make 14.29 investments and expenditures in energy conservation improvements,explicitly setting forth 14.30 the interest rates,prices,and terms under which the improvements must be offered to the 14.31 customers.The required programs must cover no more than a three-year period.Public 14.32 utilities shall file conservation improvement plans by June 1, on a schedule determined by 14.33 order of the commissioner,but at least every three years.Plans received by a public utility Article 4 Sec.3. 14 112