Bill Text: MN SF2615 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Commerce department utilities assessment amount modification; utilities statewide uniform energy conservation reporting system development revenue allocation
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-24 - Comm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to Finance [SF2615 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-SF2615-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 assumptions that must be used when filing energy conservation
1.13improvement programs. The commissioner shall establish an inventory of the most
1.14effective energy conservation programs, techniques, and technologies, and encourage all
1.15Minnesota utilities to implement them, where appropriate, in their service territories.
1.16The commissioner shall describe these programs in sufficient detail to provide a utility
1.17reasonable guidance concerning implementation. The commissioner shall prioritize the
1.18opportunities in order of potential energy savings and in order of cost-effectiveness. The
1.19commissioner may contract with a third party to carry out any of the commissioner's duties
1.20under this subdivision, and to obtain technical assistance to evaluate the effectiveness of
1.21any conservation improvement program. The commissioner may assess up to$800,000
1.22annually until June 30, 2009, and $450,000 $....... annually thereafter for the purposes
1.23of this subdivision. The assessments must be deposited in the state treasury and credited
1.24to the energy and conservation account created under subdivision 2a. An assessment
2.1made under this subdivision is not subject to the cap on assessments provided by section
2.2216B.62
, or any other law.
2.3 (b) Of the assessment authorized under paragraph (a), the commissioner may expend
2.4up to $....... annually for the purpose of developing, operating, maintaining, and providing
2.5technical support for a uniform electronic data reporting and tracking system available to
2.6all utilities subject to this section, in order to enable accurate measurement of the cost and
2.7energy savings of the energy conservation improvements required by this section.
2.8EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment
2.9and 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 that must be used when filing energy conservation
1.13improvement programs. The commissioner shall establish an inventory of the most
1.14effective energy conservation programs, techniques, and technologies, and encourage all
1.15Minnesota utilities to implement them, where appropriate, in their service territories.
1.16The commissioner shall describe these programs in sufficient detail to provide a utility
1.17reasonable guidance concerning implementation. The commissioner shall prioritize the
1.18opportunities in order of potential energy savings and in order of cost-effectiveness. The
1.19commissioner may contract with a third party to carry out any of the commissioner's duties
1.20under this subdivision, and to obtain technical assistance to evaluate the effectiveness of
1.21any conservation improvement program. The commissioner may assess up to
1.22
1.23of this subdivision. The assessments must be deposited in the state treasury and credited
1.24to the energy and conservation account created under subdivision 2a. An assessment
2.1made under this subdivision is not subject to the cap on assessments provided by section
2.3 (b) Of the assessment authorized under paragraph (a), the commissioner may expend
2.4up to $....... annually for the purpose of developing, operating, maintaining, and providing
2.5technical support for a uniform electronic data reporting and tracking system available to
2.6all utilities subject to this section, in order to enable accurate measurement of the cost and
2.7energy savings of the energy conservation improvements required by this section.
2.8EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment
2.9and applies to assessments made after June 30, 2014.
