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02/20/19 REVISOR RSI/SL 19-3503 as introduced <br /> 5.1 low-income housing,including the upgrading of appliances,heating and air conditioning, <br /> 5.2 and other infrastructure,are considered a direct benefit. <br /> 5.3 (o) "Member"has the meaning given to it in section 308B.005,subdivision 15. <br /> 5.4 (p)"Qualifying utility"means a utility that supplies energy to a customer that enables <br /> 5.5 the customer to qualify as a large customer facility. <br /> 5.6 (q)"Source energy"means the total amount of fuel required for a given purpose, <br /> 5.7 considering energy losses in the production,transmission,and delivery of that energy. <br /> 5.8 (r)"Waste heat recovered and used as thermal energy"means capturing heat energy that <br /> 5.9 would be exhausted or dissipated to the environment from machinery,buildings,or industrial <br /> 5.10 processes,and productively using the recovered thermal energy where it is used to reduce <br /> 5.11 demand-side consumption of natural gas,electric energy,or both. <br /> 5.12 (s)"Waste heat recovery converted into electricity"means an energy recovery process <br /> 5.13 that converts otherwise lost energy from the heat of exhaust stacks or pipes used for engines <br /> 5.14 or manufacturing or industrial processes,or the reduction of high pressure in water or gas <br /> 5.1s pipelines. <br /> 5.16 Subd.2.Applicability.This section applies to: <br /> 5.17 (1)a cooperative electric association that provides retail service to more than 5,000 <br /> 5.18 members; <br /> 5.19 (2)a municipality that provides electric service to more than 1,000 retail customers;and <br /> 5.20 (3)a municipality with more than 1,000,000,000 cubic feet in annual throughput sales <br /> 5.21 to natural gas retail customers. <br /> 5.22 Subd.3.Savings goal.(a)Each individual consumer-owned utility subject to this section <br /> 5.23 has an annual energy savings goal equivalent to 1.5 percent of gross annual retail energy <br /> 5.24 sales. <br /> 5.25 (b)A consumer-owned utility's savings goal is satisfied when the consumer-owned <br /> 5.26 utility achieves a savings equivalent of at least one percent of the consumer-owned utility's <br /> 5.27 gross annual retail energy sales from energy conservation improvements,and up to 0.5 <br /> 5.28 percent from the following utility activities: <br /> 5.29 (1)energy savings from additional energy conservation improvements; <br /> 5.30 (2)electric utility infrastructure projects;or <br /> Article 3 Section 1. 5 <br /> 103 <br />