Bill Text: MN HF2967 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Commerce Department utilities assessment amount amended; and incremental revenue allocated to develop and maintain a statewide uniform energy conservation reporting system for utilities.
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-26 - Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Commerce and Consumer Protection Finance and Policy [HF2967 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-HF2967-Engrossed.html
1.2relating to energy; conservation; amending the amount the Department of
1.3Commerce may assess utilities; allocating incremental revenue to develop and
1.4maintain a statewide uniform energy conservation reporting system for utilities;
1.5amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 216B.241, subdivision 1d.
1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 216B.241, subdivision 1d, is amended to
1.8read:
1.9 Subd. 1d. Technical assistance. (a) The commissioner shall evaluate energy
1.10conservation improvement programs on the basis of cost-effectiveness and the reliability
1.11of the technologies employed. The commissioner shall, by order, establish, maintain, and
1.12update energy-savings assumptionsthat. The assumptions established by the order or
1.13assumptions established by another source and approved by the commissioner must be
1.14used when filing energy conservation improvement programs. The commissioner shall
1.15establish an inventory of the most effective energy conservation programs, techniques,
1.16and technologies, and encourage all Minnesota utilities to implement them, where
1.17appropriate, in their service territories. The commissioner shall describe these programs
1.18in sufficient detail to provide a utility reasonable guidance concerning implementation.
1.19The commissioner shall prioritize the opportunities in order of potential energy savings
1.20and in order of cost-effectiveness. The commissioner may contract with a third party to
1.21carry out any of the commissioner's duties under this subdivision, and to obtain technical
1.22assistance to evaluate the effectiveness of any conservation improvement program. The
1.23commissioner may assess up to$800,000 annually until June 30, 2009, and $450,000
1.24 $980,000 annuallythereafter for the purposes of this subdivision. The assessments must
1.25be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the energy and conservation account
2.1created under subdivision 2a. An assessment made under this subdivision is not subject to
2.2the cap on assessments provided by section216B.62 , or any other law.
2.3 (b) Of the assessment authorized under paragraph (a), the commissioner may expend
2.4up to $500,000 annually for the purpose of developing, operating, maintaining, and
2.5providing technical support for a uniform electronic data reporting and tracking system
2.6available to all utilities subject to this section, in order to enable accurate measurement
2.7of the cost and energy savings of the energy conservation improvements required by
2.8this section.
2.9EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment
2.10and applies to assessments made after June 30, 2014.
1.3Commerce may assess utilities; allocating incremental revenue to develop and
1.4maintain a statewide uniform energy conservation reporting system for utilities;
1.5amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 216B.241, subdivision 1d.
1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 216B.241, subdivision 1d, is amended to
1.8read:
1.9 Subd. 1d. Technical assistance. (a) The commissioner shall evaluate energy
1.10conservation improvement programs on the basis of cost-effectiveness and the reliability
1.11of the technologies employed. The commissioner shall, by order, establish, maintain, and
1.12update energy-savings assumptions
1.13assumptions established by another source and approved by the commissioner must be
1.14used when filing energy conservation improvement programs. The commissioner shall
1.15establish an inventory of the most effective energy conservation programs, techniques,
1.16and technologies, and encourage all Minnesota utilities to implement them, where
1.17appropriate, in their service territories. The commissioner shall describe these programs
1.18in sufficient detail to provide a utility reasonable guidance concerning implementation.
1.19The commissioner shall prioritize the opportunities in order of potential energy savings
1.20and in order of cost-effectiveness. The commissioner may contract with a third party to
1.21carry out any of the commissioner's duties under this subdivision, and to obtain technical
1.22assistance to evaluate the effectiveness of any conservation improvement program. The
1.23commissioner may assess up to
1.24 $980,000 annually
1.25be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the energy and conservation account
2.1created under subdivision 2a. An assessment made under this subdivision is not subject to
2.2the cap on assessments provided by section
2.3 (b) Of the assessment authorized under paragraph (a), the commissioner may expend
2.4up to $500,000 annually for the purpose of developing, operating, maintaining, and
2.5providing technical support for a uniform electronic data reporting and tracking system
2.6available to all utilities subject to this section, in order to enable accurate measurement
2.7of the cost and energy savings of the energy conservation improvements required by
2.8this section.
2.9EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment
2.10and applies to assessments made after June 30, 2014.
