2E Requiring various the commissioners of administration and commerce with the assistance of other agency commissioners to report to the legislature by a certain date on the guidelines and procedures for a requirement restricting greenhouse gases emissions in new building projects; requiring each natural gas and electric public utility to submit a monthly report to the public utilities commission (PUC) on residential customers, specifying report content requirements, requiring the PUC to annually issue by a certain date a report summarizing monthly data for each gas and electric utility; requiring the commissioner of commerce to operate or contract to operate an annual prepurchased delivered propane fuel program, authorizing the commissioner to establish a hedge account, requiring a report to be posted on the web site and in print, specifying report content requirements; requiring utilities to attempt to contact residential heat affected customers with previous heating season disconnected service to establish payment arrangements or a reconnection plan, requiring a report to the public utilities commission annually by a certain date; requiring the PUC to establish program for low income residential customers and requiring utilities serving low income natural gas heating customers to file an affordability program with the PUC, requiring the PUC to issue orders necessary for cost recovery; modifying renewable energy standards and objectives, specifying certain percentages of Minnesota energy provided to its customers be generated by eligible energy technologies by certain dates; permitting the PUC to investigate whether electric utilities are in compliance with its standard obligation, allowing the commission to impose penalties for noncompliance; defining gross operating revenue for energy conservation investment; establishing energy saving objectives, requiring a legislative report and publication of results in meeting objectives; specifying consideration requirements for low income conservation improvement programs and requiring gas serving utilities to spend a certain residential revenue percentage on low income conservation improvement programs; establishing the Minnesota renewable hydrogen initiative, requiring the department of commerce to coordinate and administer the initiative; expanding the definition of energy conservation investments to be funded under the energy conservation investment loan program to include renewable energy measures; requiring utilities furnishing gas service to spend at least a certain percentage of gross operating revenue from residential customers on low income conservation improvement programs; requiring the commissioner of commerce to coordinate and administer the Minnesota renewable hydrogen initiative; extending the PUC utility assessment and appropriation under energy planning; modifying the definition of energy conservation investments to include renewable energy measures; extending certain renewable energy production incentive dates; prohibiting fuel vendors from refusing to deliver to certain households receiving grants under the low income home energy assistance program; adding Duluth and Morris to the cities eligible for hydrogen fueling station grants; requiring the commissioner of labor and industry in consultation with the commissioner of commerce to develop recommendations regarding the adoption of uniform codes and standards for hydrogen infrastructure, fuel cells, and related technologies, requiring a report to the legislature by a certain date; clarifying the definition of a biomass and renewable electric generation facility in Scott county; authorizing the use of petroleum violation escrow funds for state energy loan program grants for schools, hospitals and public buildings; requiring the legislative electric energy task force to study the issue of the use of utility rates as an incentive to conservation; providing for the state purchasing of plug-in hybrid vehicles; encouraging Minnesota state university Mankato to retrofit two flexible vehicles to operate as plug-in hybrid vehicles; establishing the plug-in hybrid electric vehicle task force, defining membership and duties, requiring a report to the legislature by a certain date
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