Bill Text: MN HF2837 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Solar energy incentive partial funding source amended, and money appropriated.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-06 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Energy Policy [HF2837 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-HF2837-Introduced.html
1.2relating to energy; amending a partial funding source for solar energy incentives;
1.3appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section
1.4216C.412, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 216C.412, subdivision 2,
1.7is amended to read:
1.8 Subd. 2. Payments from public utilities.(a) Beginning January 1, 2014, and
1.9each January 1 thereafter, through 2023, for a total of ten years, each electric public
1.10utility subject to section216B.241 must annually pay to the commissioner of commerce
1.11five percent of the minimum amount it is required to spend on energy conservation
1.12improvements under section216B.241, subdivision 1a . Payments under this subdivision
1.13must be included in the calculation of whether a utility's other spending on generation
1.14exceeds the limits authorized for spending on generation under section216B.2411 ,
1.15subdivision 1, for investments proposed for commissioner of commerce approval after
1.16July 1, 2013. The limits on spending in section216B.2411 do not limit or apply to
1.17payments required by this subdivision. Payments made under this paragraph count toward
1.18satisfying expenditure obligations of a public utility under section216B.241 , subdivision
1.191a. The commissioner shall, upon receipt of the funds, deposit them in the account
1.20established in subdivision 1. A public utility subject to this paragraph must be credited
1.21energy savings for the purpose of satisfying its energy savings requirement under section
1.22216B.241, subdivision 1c
, based on its payment to the commissioner.
1.23(b) Notwithstanding section
116C.779, subdivision 1, paragraph (g), beginning
1.24January 1, 2014, and continuing through January 1, 2023, for a total of ten years, the
2.1public utility that manages the account under section
116C.779 must annually pay from
2.2that account to the commissioner an amount that, when added to the total amount paid to
2.3the commissioner of commerce under paragraph (a), totals $15,000,000 annually. The
2.4commissioner shall, upon receipt of the payment, deposit it in the account established in
2.5subdivision 1.
2.6EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
2.7 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 216C.412, is amended by adding
2.8a subdivision to read:
2.9 Subd. 3. Appropriation. Beginning in fiscal year 2015, and continuing each fiscal
2.10year thereafter for a total of nine years, an amount is appropriated from the general fund
2.11to the commissioner that, when added to the amount paid to the commissioner under
2.12subdivision 2, totals $15,000,000 annually. Upon receipt of the payment, the commissioner
2.13shall deposit it in the account established in subdivision 1 for the purposes stated therein.
2.14EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
1.3appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section
1.4216C.412, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 216C.412, subdivision 2,
1.7is amended to read:
1.8 Subd. 2. Payments from public utilities.
1.9each January 1 thereafter, through 2023, for a total of ten years, each electric public
1.10utility subject to section
1.11five percent of the minimum amount it is required to spend on energy conservation
1.12improvements under section
1.13must be included in the calculation of whether a utility's other spending on generation
1.14exceeds the limits authorized for spending on generation under section
1.15subdivision 1, for investments proposed for commissioner of commerce approval after
1.16July 1, 2013. The limits on spending in section
1.17payments required by this subdivision. Payments made under this paragraph count toward
1.18satisfying expenditure obligations of a public utility under section
1.191a. The commissioner shall, upon receipt of the funds, deposit them in the account
1.20established in subdivision 1. A public utility subject to this paragraph must be credited
1.21energy savings for the purpose of satisfying its energy savings requirement under section
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2.6EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
2.7 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 216C.412, is amended by adding
2.8a subdivision to read:
2.9 Subd. 3. Appropriation. Beginning in fiscal year 2015, and continuing each fiscal
2.10year thereafter for a total of nine years, an amount is appropriated from the general fund
2.11to the commissioner that, when added to the amount paid to the commissioner under
2.12subdivision 2, totals $15,000,000 annually. Upon receipt of the payment, the commissioner
2.13shall deposit it in the account established in subdivision 1 for the purposes stated therein.
2.14EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
