HF 393

as introduced - 90th Legislature (2017 - 2018) Posted on 01/23/2017 01:38pm

A bill for an act
relating to energy; allowing energy conservation to count towards a utility's
renewable energy standard; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 216B.1691,
subdivision 1.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 216B.1691, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Definitions.

(a) Unless otherwise specified in law, "eligible energy
technology" means an energy technology that new text begin :
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new text begin (1) new text end generates electricity from the following renewable energy sources:

deleted text begin (1) deleted text end new text begin (i) new text end solar;

deleted text begin (2) deleted text end new text begin (ii) new text end wind;

deleted text begin (3) deleted text end new text begin (iii) new text end hydroelectric with a capacity of less than 100 megawatts;

deleted text begin (4) deleted text end new text begin (iv) new text end hydrogen, provided that after January 1, 2010, the hydrogen must be generated
from the resources listed in this paragraph; or

deleted text begin (5) deleted text end new text begin (v) new text end biomass, which includes, without limitation, landfill gas; an anaerobic digester
system; the predominantly organic components of wastewater effluent, sludge, or related
by-products from publicly owned treatment works, but not including incineration of
wastewater sludge to produce electricity; and an energy recovery facility used to capture
the heat value of mixed municipal solid waste or refuse-derived fuel from mixed municipal
solid waste as a primary fuel new text begin ; or
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new text begin (2) results in energy conservation, as defined in section 216B.241, subdivision 1 new text end .

(b) "Electric utility" means a public utility providing electric service, a generation and
transmission cooperative electric association, a municipal power agency, or a power district.

(c) "Total retail electric sales" means the kilowatt-hours of electricity sold in a year by
an electric utility to retail customers of the electric utility or to a distribution utility for
distribution to the retail customers of the distribution utility. "Total retail electric sales"
does not include the sale of hydroelectricity supplied by a federal power marketing
administration or other federal agency, regardless of whether the sales are directly to a
distribution utility or are made to a generation and transmission utility and pooled for further
allocation to a distribution utility.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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