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o Article 8, section 17 – establishes the Minnesota Efficient Technology <br />Accelerator Program for a qualified non-profit who demonstrates to <br />the Department of Commerce that it has a program which should lead <br />to lower energy costs to consumers. Public utilities with over 300,000 <br />customers may participate. Only one program can be approved and <br />in operation at any one time. <br /> <br />o Article 8, section 19 – imposes requirements to the resource plan of <br />any utility shutting down a generation site as discussed above. <br /> <br />o Article 8, section 20 – establishes the Natural Gas Innovation Plan <br />Program which essentially establishes CenterPoint’s Renewable <br />Natural Gas proposal. The program is designed to encourage MPUC- <br />regulated gas utilities to develop plans to utilize biogas, renewable <br />natural gas, power-to-hydrogen, power-to-ammonia, carbon capture <br />and utilization, strategic electrification, district energy and energy <br />efficiency. <br /> <br />o Article 8, section 23 – establishes a Solar on Schools Program. Allows <br />installation of equipment on or adjacent to the school building within <br />the service territory of the utility currently providing electricity to the <br />school building. <br /> <br />o Article 8, section 24 – establishes a separate Solar on Schools <br />program for XCEL Energy. <br /> <br />o Article 8, section 26 – implements a Wind Turbine Lighting System <br />program. <br /> <br />o Article 8, section 27 – requires the PUC, as of August 1, 2021, to <br />begin to evaluate changes to natural gas utilities’ regulatory and policy <br />structures needed to meet or exceed the State’s greenhouse gas <br />emissions reduction goals. <br /> <br />o Article 8, section 30 – imposes the policy provisions for the RDA <br />funded Clean Energy Careers Pilot Program highlighted above. <br /> <br />- Chapter 6 - Omnibus Environment Bill <br />HF 5 Rep. Hansen, R. <br />SF 20 Sen. Ingebrightsen <br /> <br />Article 1, section 1- Environment and Natural Resources Appropriation <br />Article 1, section 2 - Pollution Control Agency Appropriations: <br /> <br />(a) $99,000 the first year and $109,000 the second year are from the general <br />fund for: <br />8 <br /> <br />114 <br />