Bill Text: MN HF2103 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Solar energy; electric cooperatives and municipal electric utilities required to contribute funding for incentives to consumers installing solar modules manufactured in Minnesota, and all electric customers made eligible to receive incentive payments.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-25 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Energy Policy [HF2103 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-HF2103-Introduced.html
1.2relating to energy; requiring certain electric cooperatives and municipal electric
1.3utilities to contribute funding for incentives to consumers installing solar
1.4modules manufactured in Minnesota; making all electric customers eligible
1.5to receive incentive payments for installing solar modules manufactured in
1.6Minnesota; amending Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, sections 216C.412,
1.7subdivision 2; 216C.415, subdivision 5.
1.8BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.9 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 216C.412, subdivision 2,
1.10is amended to read:
1.11 Subd. 2. Payments from public utilities. (a) Beginning January 1, 2014, and
1.12each January 1 thereafter, through 2023, for a total of ten years, each electricpublic
1.13 utility subject to section216B.241 must annually pay to the commissioner of commerce
1.14five percent of the minimum amount it is required to spend on energy conservation
1.15improvements under section216B.241, subdivision 1a . Payments under this subdivision
1.16must be included in the calculation of whether a utility's other spending on generation
1.17exceeds the limits authorized for spending on generation under section216B.2411 ,
1.18subdivision 1, for investments proposed for commissioner of commerce approval after
1.19July 1, 2013. The limits on spending in section216B.2411 do not limit or apply to
1.20payments required by this subdivision. Payments made under this paragraph count toward
1.21satisfying expenditure obligations of apublic utility under section
216B.241 , subdivision
1.221a or 1b, as applicable. The commissioner shall, upon receipt of the funds, deposit them in
1.23the account established in subdivision 1. A public utility subject to this paragraph must be
1.24credited energy savings for the purpose of satisfying its energy savings requirement under
1.25section216B.241, subdivision 1c , based on its payment to the commissioner.
2.1(b) Notwithstanding section116C.779, subdivision 1 , paragraph (g), beginning
2.2January 1, 2014, and continuing through January 1, 2023, for a total of ten years, the
2.3public utility that manages the account under section116C.779 must annually pay from
2.4that account to the commissioner an amount that, when added to the total amount paid to
2.5the commissioner of commerce under paragraph (a), totals $15,000,000 annually. The
2.6commissioner shall, upon receipt of the payment, deposit it in the account established in
2.7subdivision 1.
2.8EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
2.9 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 216C.415, subdivision 5, is
2.10amended to read:
2.11 Subd. 5. Allocation of payments. (a) If there are sufficient applications,
2.12approximately 50 percent of the incentive payment shall be for owners of eligible solar
2.13photovoltaic modules installed on residential property, and approximately 50 percent shall
2.14be for owners of eligible solar photovoltaic modules installed on commercial property.
2.15(b)The commissioner shall endeavor to distribute incentives paid under this section
2.16to owners of solar photovoltaic modules installed in a manner so that the amount of
2.17payments received in an area of the state reasonably approximates the amount of payments
2.18made by a utility serving that area.
2.19(c) For purposes of this subdivision:
2.20(1) "residential property" means residential real estate that is occupied and used as a
2.21homestead by its owner or by a renter and includes "multifamily housing development"
2.22as defined in section462C.02, subdivision 5 , except that residential property on which
2.23solar photovoltaic modules (i) whose capacity exceeds 10 kilowatts is installed; or (ii)
2.24connected to a utility's distribution system and whose electricity is purchased by several
2.25residents, each of whom own a share of the electricity generated, shall be deemed
2.26commercial property; and
2.27(2) "commercial property" means real property on which is located a business,
2.28government, or nonprofit establishment.
2.29EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
1.3utilities to contribute funding for incentives to consumers installing solar
1.4modules manufactured in Minnesota; making all electric customers eligible
1.5to receive incentive payments for installing solar modules manufactured in
1.6Minnesota; amending Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, sections 216C.412,
1.7subdivision 2; 216C.415, subdivision 5.
1.8BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.9 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 216C.412, subdivision 2,
1.10is amended to read:
1.11 Subd. 2. Payments from public utilities. (a) Beginning January 1, 2014, and
1.12each January 1 thereafter, through 2023, for a total of ten years, each electric
1.13 utility subject to section
1.14five percent of the minimum amount it is required to spend on energy conservation
1.15improvements under section
1.16must be included in the calculation of whether a utility's other spending on generation
1.17exceeds the limits authorized for spending on generation under section
1.18subdivision 1, for investments proposed for commissioner of commerce approval after
1.19July 1, 2013. The limits on spending in section
1.20payments required by this subdivision. Payments made under this paragraph count toward
1.21satisfying expenditure obligations of a
1.221a or 1b, as applicable. The commissioner shall, upon receipt of the funds, deposit them in
1.23the account established in subdivision 1. A public utility subject to this paragraph must be
1.24credited energy savings for the purpose of satisfying its energy savings requirement under
1.25section
2.1(b) Notwithstanding section
2.2January 1, 2014, and continuing through January 1, 2023, for a total of ten years, the
2.3public utility that manages the account under section
2.4that account to the commissioner an amount that, when added to the total amount paid to
2.5the commissioner of commerce under paragraph (a), totals $15,000,000 annually. The
2.6commissioner shall, upon receipt of the payment, deposit it in the account established in
2.7subdivision 1.
2.8EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
2.9 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 216C.415, subdivision 5, is
2.10amended to read:
2.11 Subd. 5. Allocation of payments. (a) If there are sufficient applications,
2.12approximately 50 percent of the incentive payment shall be for owners of eligible solar
2.13photovoltaic modules installed on residential property, and approximately 50 percent shall
2.14be for owners of eligible solar photovoltaic modules installed on commercial property.
2.15(b)
2.16
2.17
2.18
2.19
2.20(1) "residential property" means residential real estate that is occupied and used as a
2.21homestead by its owner or by a renter and includes "multifamily housing development"
2.22as defined in section
2.23solar photovoltaic modules (i) whose capacity exceeds 10 kilowatts is installed; or (ii)
2.24connected to a utility's distribution system and whose electricity is purchased by several
2.25residents, each of whom own a share of the electricity generated, shall be deemed
2.26commercial property; and
2.27(2) "commercial property" means real property on which is located a business,
2.28government, or nonprofit establishment.
2.29EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
