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House and Senate energy policy and finance committees Fee Limits
<br /> identifying its findings and recommendations for estab- Regular Session Laws, Chapter 27
<br /> lishing a more diverse workforce and increasing supplier HF 823—Rep. Nelson,M. (DFL—Brooklyn Park)
<br /> diversity within the electric energy sector. SF 998—Sen. Koran (R—North Branch)
<br /> Effective July 1, 2019. Effective August 1, 2019
<br /> Creates a new statute, §471.462, requiring any city,
<br /> xiii. Article 11, section 14 creates a new uncodified statutory or home-rule, upon request, to provide any
<br /> section of law requiring a report on the cost-benefit applicant seeking approval of real-estate development
<br /> analysis of Energy Storage Systems. The Department or construction, with a written but non-binding estimate
<br /> of Commerce must contract with an independent con- of consultant fees to be charged to the applicant based
<br /> sultant selected through a request for proposal process on information available at the time. If requested, an
<br /> to produce a report analyzing the potential costs and application shall not be deemed complete until the city
<br /> benefits of energy storage systems, as newly defined in has provided the estimate to the applicant, received all
<br /> §216B.2422, subd. 1, in Minnesota. The study may also required application fees, signed acceptance of the fee
<br /> include scenarios examining energy storage systems estimate by the applicant, and a signed statement that
<br /> that are not capable of being controlled by a utility. The the applicant has not relied on the estimate of fees in its
<br /> Department must engage a broad group of Minnesota decision to proceed with the final application.
<br /> stakeholders, including electric utilities and others, to
<br /> develop and provide information for the report. Public Safety/Hands Free Law
<br /> Regular Session Laws, Chapter 11
<br /> The study must: HF 50—Rep. Hornstein (DFL-Minneapolis)
<br /> • Identify and measure the different potential costs and SF 91—Sen. Newman (R-Hutchinson)
<br /> savings produced by energy storage system deploy- Effective August 1, 2019
<br /> ment, including but not limited to: Amends Minn. Stat., §169.011, subd. 94 and§169.475 by
<br /> • generation, transmission and distribution facilities expanding the list of prohibited uses of a cell phone or
<br /> asset deferral or substitution; portable electronic device capable of receiving and trans-
<br /> • impacts on ancillary services costs; mitting data(collectively known as "wireless commu-
<br /> • impacts on transmission and distribution congestion; nications devices")while a person is operating a vehicle
<br /> • impacts on peak power costs; in motion or which is a part of traffic (such as when
<br /> • impacts on emergency power supplies during outages; stopped at a traffic signal) so that all the following uses
<br /> • impacts on curtailment of renewable energy genera- are prohibited while on streets and highways:
<br /> tors; and Initiating, composing, sending, retrieving, or reading
<br /> • reduced greenhouse gas emissions. electronic messages such as e-mail, text messages, voice-
<br /> • Analyze and estimate the: mail, transmitted images, instant messages, transmitted
<br /> • costs and savings to customers that deploy energy gaming data, or other data transmitted using a common-
<br /> storage systems; ly recognized electronic communications protocol;
<br /> • impact on the utility's ability to integrate renewable Engaging in a cellular phone call, including initiating a
<br /> resources; call, talking, listening, or participating in video calling;
<br /> • impact on grid reliability and power quality; and Accessing video content, audio content, images, games,
<br /> • effect on retail electric rates over the useful life of a or software applications stored on an electronic device.
<br /> given energy storage system compared to providing
<br /> the same services using other facilities or resources; A person may use their cell phone or other electronic de-
<br /> • Consider the findings of analysis conducted by the vice while operating a motor vehicle on street or highway
<br /> Midcontinent Independent System Operator on en- only by using voice commands or when a single-touch
<br /> ergy storage capacity accreditation and participation will allow the driver to activate or deactivate the device,
<br /> in regional energy markets, including updates of the or a function or software application on the device, and
<br /> analysis; and without holding the device. Scrolling or typing on a de-
<br /> • Include case studies of existing energy storage appli- vice is not an authorized voice command, single-touch, or
<br /> cations currently providing the benefits described in hands-free use of the device.
<br /> clauses (1) and(2).
<br /> A vehicle shall not be deemed in motion or a part of
<br /> By December 31, 2019, the Department must submit the traffic if it is legally stopped, is in a location that is not
<br /> study to the House and Senate energy policy and finance designed or ordinarily used for vehicular travel, and is
<br /> committees. The Department is appropriated $150,000, not obstructing traffic.A device or feature physically
<br /> available through June 30, 2020, to conduct the study, integrated into a vehicle, a global positioning system
<br /> and may not spend more than that amount for purposes (GPS)that is only capable of being used for navigation
<br /> of it. purposes, and two-way radios, citizen-band radios, and
<br /> Effective May 31, 2019. amateur radio equipment used in accordance with FCC
<br /> rules and regulations shall not be considered wireless
<br /> communications devices under the new law. Data trans-
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