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02/20/19 REVISOR RSI/SL 19-3503 as introduced <br /> 3.1 years that are still operational and providing savings in that year because the measures have <br /> 3.2 not reached the end of their useful lives. <br /> 3.3 (c)"Efficient electrification or conversion improvement"means a project that(1)results <br /> 3.4 in converting a customer from use of a fuel to the use of electric energy or natural gas sold <br /> 3.5 at retail by a utility subject to this section,resulting in a net increase of the use of electric <br /> 3.6 energy or natural gas and a net decrease in energy consumption overall on a fuel-neutral <br /> 3.7 basis,and(2)otherwise meets the criteria established in subdivision 7.An efficient <br /> 3.8 electrification improvement requires the installation of equipment that utilizes electric energy <br /> 3.9 or natural gas,resulting in a reduction or elimination of use of the previous fuel. <br /> 3.10 (d)"Electric utility infrastructure projects"means projects owned by a consumer-owned <br /> 3.11 utility that replace or modify existing electric utility infrastructure,including utility-owned <br /> 3.12 buildings,if the replacement or modification conserves energy or uses energy more <br /> 3.13 efficiently. <br /> 3.14 (e)"Energy conservation"means an action that results in a net reduction in electric <br /> 3.15 energy or natural gas consumption. <br /> 3.16 (f)"Energy conservation improvement"means a project that results in energy efficiency <br /> 3.17 or energy conservation.Energy conservation improvement may include waste heat that is <br /> 3.18 recovered and converted into electricity,but does not include electric utility infrastructure <br /> 3.19 projects approved by the commission under section 216B.1636.Energy conservation <br /> 3.20 improvement includes waste heat recovered and used as thermal energy. <br /> 3.21 (g) "Energy efficiency"means measures or programs,including energy conservation <br /> 3.22 measures or programs,that target consumer behavior,equipment,processes,or devices <br /> 3.23 designed to produce either an absolute decrease in consumption of electric energy or natural <br /> 3.24 gas or a decrease in consumption of electric energy or natural gas on a per unit of production <br /> 3.25 basis,without a reduction in the quality level of service provided to the energy consumer. <br /> 3.26 (h)"Fuel"means energy consumed by a retail utility customer.Fuel includes electricity, <br /> 3.27 propane,natural gas,heating oil,gasoline,or diesel fuel. <br /> 3.28 (i)"Fuel neutral"means an approach that compares the use of various fuels for a given <br /> 3.29 end use,using a common metric. <br /> 3.30 (j)"Gross annual retail energy sales"means the total annual sale of electric energy <br /> 3.31 generated by nonrenewable resources,as determined by the percentage of renewable and <br /> 3.32 hydroelectric sources compared to nonrenewable sources identified in the portfolio of the <br /> 3.33 utility's electricity provider,to all retail customers in a utility's or association's Minnesota <br /> Article 3 Section 1. 3 <br /> 101 <br />