SF 1537
1st Unofficial Engrossment - 86th Legislature (2009 - 2010)
Posted on 12/26/2012 11:17 p.m.
KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.
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1.1A bill for an act
1.2relating to energy; requiring certificate of need for certain transmission line;
1.3requiring neighborhood energy reduction report; appropriating money.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. new text begin URBAN TRANSMISSION LINE; CERTIFICATE OF NEED new text end
1.6new text begin REQUIRED.new text end
1.7new text begin A high-voltage transmission line longer than one mile with a capacity of 100 new text end
1.8new text begin kilovolts or more that is located in a city of the first class in a zone within one mile of new text end
1.9new text begin the transmission line in which population density exceeds 8,000 persons per square new text end
1.10new text begin mile, and that runs parallel to and is within one-quarter mile of a below-grade bike and new text end
1.11new text begin walking path that connects with other bike paths along a river, is subject to the provisions new text end
1.12new text begin of Minnesota Statutes, section 216B.243.new text end
1.13new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment new text end
1.14new text begin and applies only to high-voltage transmission lines described in this section that are the new text end
1.15new text begin subject of an application for a route permit under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 216E, that is new text end
1.16new text begin pending before the Public Utilities Commission on March 15, 2010.new text end
1.17 Sec. 2. new text begin NEIGHBORHOOD ENERGY REDUCTION REPORT.new text end
1.18 new text begin Subdivision 1.new text end new text begin Report.new text end new text begin (a) By February 15, 2011, an organization with experience new text end
1.19new text begin in energy conservation and energy planning at the neighborhood level that serves as new text end
1.20new text begin project manager must submit a report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the new text end
1.21new text begin senate and house of representatives committees with primary jurisdiction over energy new text end
1.22new text begin policy that contains the following information:new text end
2.1new text begin (1) projections of the amount of energy that can be conserved and generated through new text end
2.2new text begin the implementation of cost-effective energy efficiency investments; innovative energy new text end
2.3new text begin storage projects, including thermal energy storage; smart-grid technologies; and energy new text end
2.4new text begin produced from distributed generation projects fueled by solar photovoltaic and other new text end
2.5new text begin renewable energy sources located in the focused study area designated in the application new text end
2.6new text begin to the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission for a route permit for the high-voltage new text end
2.7new text begin transmission line identified in section 1;new text end
2.8new text begin (2) for each energy-reducing or energy-generating element recommended, new text end
2.9new text begin estimates of the amount of energy conserved or generated, the reduction in peak demand new text end
2.10new text begin requirements in the focused study area, and the cost per unit of energy saved or generated; new text end
2.11new text begin andnew text end
2.12new text begin (3) an estimate of the number of green jobs that would be created through new text end
2.13new text begin implementation of the report's recommendations.new text end
2.14new text begin (b) Requests by the project manager for information from the utility serving the new text end
2.15new text begin focused study area may be made after the service of notice of and order for hearing new text end
2.16new text begin made under Minnesota Statutes, section 216B.243, for the project described in section 1. new text end
2.17new text begin Information requests with respect to the study are governed by the rules for contested case new text end
2.18new text begin hearings in Minnesota Rules, part 1400.6700.new text end
2.19new text begin (c) The project manager may contract for portions of the work required to complete new text end
2.20new text begin the report.new text end
2.21 new text begin Subd. 2.new text end new text begin Community steering committee.new text end new text begin (a) The project manager shall convene new text end
2.22new text begin a community steering committee to provide input to the report. Appointments to the new text end
2.23new text begin steering committee must reflect the diversity of the focused study area, and include new text end
2.24new text begin representatives of focused study area residents, building owners and renters, businesses, new text end
2.25new text begin churches, other institutions, including the Midtown Community Works Partnership, local new text end
2.26new text begin hospitals, and the city in which the focused study area is located. All meetings held by the new text end
2.27new text begin community steering committee or any subcommittees it creates must be public meetings, new text end
2.28new text begin with advance notice given to the public.new text end
2.29new text begin (b) The project manager shall seek to maximize the participation of focused study new text end
2.30new text begin area residents, stakeholders, and institutions in recommending ideas to be included within new text end
2.31new text begin the scope of the report and in reviewing initial and successive drafts of the report, new text end
2.32new text begin including providing stipends for child care and transportation when necessary to increase new text end
2.33new text begin participation. The project manager shall contact representatives of similar successful new text end
2.34new text begin projects in other states to benefit from their experience and to learn about best practices new text end
2.35new text begin for increasing public participation that can be replicated in Minnesota. The report must new text end
3.1new text begin incorporate and respond to comments from the focused study area and the steering new text end
3.2new text begin committee.new text end
3.3 new text begin Subd. 3.new text end new text begin Energy savings.new text end new text begin The utility that serves the focused study area may apply new text end
3.4new text begin energy savings resulting directly from the implementation of recommendations contained new text end
3.5new text begin in the report regarding energy efficiency investments to its energy-savings goal under new text end
3.6new text begin section 216B.241, subdivision 1c.new text end
3.7 new text begin Subd. 4.new text end new text begin Certificate of need process.new text end new text begin No contested case evidentiary hearings new text end
3.8new text begin for a certificate of need for the transmission line identified in section 1 may commence new text end
3.9new text begin before April 1, 2011. new text end
3.10new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.new text end
3.11 Sec. 3. new text begin APPROPRIATION AND TRANSFER.new text end
3.12new text begin (a) Of the assessment authority authorized and appropriated to the commissioner new text end
3.13new text begin of commerce under Minnesota Statutes, section 216C.052, subdivision 2, paragraph (c), new text end
3.14new text begin clause (2), up to $307,000 in fiscal year 2011 must be allocated by the commissioner to new text end
3.15new text begin implement this act. Of this amount, $34,000 must be transferred and is appropriated to the new text end
3.16new text begin Public Utilities Commission to implement section 1. These appropriations are onetime new text end
3.17new text begin and are available until expended, without regard to section 216C.052, subdivision 4.new text end
3.18new text begin (b) The utility subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 116C.779, shall transfer new text end
3.19new text begin $100,000 from the renewable development account established under that section to the new text end
3.20new text begin commissioner of commerce, who shall deposit it in the special revenue fund.new text end
3.21new text begin (c) $100,000 from the money deposited in the special revenue fund under paragraph new text end
3.22new text begin (a) is appropriated to the commissioner of commerce for a grant to an organization new text end
3.23new text begin with experience in energy conservation and energy planning at the neighborhood level new text end
3.24new text begin that serves as project manager serving the Twin Cities for the purpose of completing the new text end
3.25new text begin report required under section 2.new text end
3.26new text begin This is a onetime appropriation and is available until expended.new text end