<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>rebate program for solar photovoltaic modules; appropriating money;amending <br/>
<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 116C.779, subdivision 1; proposing coding for <br/>
<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116C.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 116C.779, subdivision 1, is amended to <br/>
<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>read:<br/>
<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Renewable development account.</b> (a) The public utility that owns <br/>
<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>the Prairie Island nuclear generating plant must transfer to a renewable development <br/>
<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>account $16,000,000 annually $500,000 each year for each dry cask containing spent fuel <br/>
<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>that is located at the Prairie Island power plant for each year the plant is in operation, and <br/>
<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>$7,500,000 each year the plant is not in operation if ordered by the commission pursuant <br/>
<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>to paragraph (d). The fund transfer must be made if nuclear waste is stored in a dry cask at <br/>
<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>the independent spent-fuel storage facility at Prairie Island for any part of a year. Funds <br/>
<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>in the account may be expended only for development of renewable energy sources. <br/>
<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>Preference must be given to development of renewable energy source projects located <br/>
<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>within the state. The utility that owns a nuclear generating plant is eligible to apply for <br/>
<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>renewable development fund grants. The utility's proposals must be evaluated by the <br/>
<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>renewable development fund board in a manner consistent with that used to evaluate other <br/>
<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>renewable development fund project proposals.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>    (b) The public utility that owns the Monticello nuclear generating plant must transfer <br/>
<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>to the renewable development account $350,000 each year for each dry cask containing <br/>
<a id="pl.1.24"></a><var>1.24</var>spent fuel that is located at the Monticello nuclear power plant for each year the plant is <br/>
<a id="pl.1.25"></a><var>1.25</var>in operation, and $5,250,000 each year the plant is not in operation if ordered by the <br/>
<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>commission pursuant to paragraph (d). The fund transfer must be made if nuclear waste <br/>
<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>is stored in a dry cask at the independent spent-fuel storage facility at Monticello for <br/>
<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>any part of a year.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>     (c) Expenditures from the account may only be made after approval by order of the <br/>
<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>Public Utilities Commission upon a petition by the public utility.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>     (d) After discontinuation of operation of the Prairie Island nuclear plant or the <br/>
<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>Monticello nuclear plant and each year spent nuclear fuel is stored in dry cask at the <br/>
<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>discontinued facility, the commission shall require the public utility to pay $7,500,000 for <br/>
<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>the discontinued Prairie Island facility and $5,250,000 for the discontinued Monticello <br/>
<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>facility for any year in which the commission finds, by the preponderance of the evidence, <br/>
<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>that the public utility did not make a good faith effort to remove the spent nuclear <br/>
<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>fuel stored at  the facility to a permanent or interim storage site out of the state. This <br/>
<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>determination shall be made at least every two years.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective when 32 dry casks containing spent <br/>
<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>fuel are located at the Prairie Island nuclear plant.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.2.0"></a><a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>    Sec. 2. <b>[116C.7791] REBATES FOR SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Definitions.</b> For the purpose of this section, the following terms <br/>
<a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var>have the meanings given.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var>(a) "Installation" means an array of solar photovoltaic modules attached to a building <br/>
<a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var>that will use the electricity generated by the solar photovoltaic modules or placed on a <br/>
<a id="pl.2.21"></a><var>2.21</var>facility or property proximate to that building.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.22"></a><var>2.22</var>(b) "Manufactured" means:<br/>
<a id="pl.2.23"></a><var>2.23</var>(1) the material production of solar photovoltaic modules, including the tabbing, <br/>
<a id="pl.2.24"></a><var>2.24</var>stringing, and lamination processes; or<br/>
<a id="pl.2.25"></a><var>2.25</var>(2) the production of interconnections of low-voltage photoactive elements that <br/>
<a id="pl.2.26"></a><var>2.26</var>produce the final useful photovoltaic output by a manufacturer operating in this state on <br/>
<a id="pl.2.27"></a><var>2.27</var>the effective date of this section.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.28"></a><var>2.28</var>(c) "Qualified owner" means an owner of a qualified property, but does not include <br/>
<a id="pl.2.29"></a><var>2.29</var>an entity engaged in the business of generating or selling electricity at retail, or an <br/>
<a id="pl.2.30"></a><var>2.30</var>unregulated subsidiary of such an entity.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.31"></a><var>2.31</var>(d) "Qualified property" means a residence, multifamily residence, business, or <br/>
<a id="pl.2.32"></a><var>2.32</var>publicly owned building located in the assigned service area of the utility subject to <br/>
<a id="pl.2.33"></a><var>2.33</var>section 116C.779.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.1"></a><var>3.1</var>(e) "Solar photovoltaic module" means the smallest, nondivisible, self-contained <br/>
<a id="pl.3.2"></a><var>3.2</var>physical structure housing interconnected photovoltaic cells and providing a single direct <br/>
<a id="pl.3.3"></a><var>3.3</var>current of electrical output.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.4"></a><var>3.4</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Establishment.</b> The commissioner of commerce shall establish a program <br/>
<a id="pl.3.5"></a><var>3.5</var>to provide rebates to an owner of a qualified property for installing solar photovoltaic <br/>
<a id="pl.3.6"></a><var>3.6</var>modules manufactured in Minnesota after December 31, 2009.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.7"></a><var>3.7</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Rebate eligibility.</b> (a) To be eligible for a rebate under this section, a <br/>
<a id="pl.3.8"></a><var>3.8</var>solar photovoltaic module:<br/>
<a id="pl.3.9"></a><var>3.9</var>(1) must be manufactured in Minnesota;<br/>
<a id="pl.3.10"></a><var>3.10</var>(2) must be installed on a qualified property as part of a system whose generating <br/>
<a id="pl.3.11"></a><var>3.11</var>capacity does not exceed 40 kilowatts;<br/>
<a id="pl.3.12"></a><var>3.12</var>(3) must be certified by Underwriters Laboratory, must have received the ETL <br/>
<a id="pl.3.13"></a><var>3.13</var>listed mark from Intertek, or must have an equivalent certification from an independent <br/>
<a id="pl.3.14"></a><var>3.14</var>testing agency;<br/>
<a id="pl.3.15"></a><var>3.15</var>(4) may or may not be connected to a utility grid;<br/>
<a id="pl.3.16"></a><var>3.16</var>(5) must be installed by a person certified as a solar photovoltaic installer by the <br/>
<a id="pl.3.17"></a><var>3.17</var>North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners; and<br/>
<a id="pl.3.18"></a><var>3.18</var>(6) may not be used to sell, transmit, or distribute the electrical energy at retail, <br/>
<a id="pl.3.19"></a><var>3.19</var>nor to provide end-use electricity to an offsite facility of the electrical energy generator. <br/>
<a id="pl.3.20"></a><var>3.20</var>On-site generation is allowed to the extent provided for in section 216B.1611.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.21"></a><var>3.21</var>(b) To be eligible for a rebate under this section, an applicant must have applied for <br/>
<a id="pl.3.22"></a><var>3.22</var>and been awarded a rebate or other form of financial assistance available exclusively to <br/>
<a id="pl.3.23"></a><var>3.23</var>owners of properties on which solar photovoltaic modules are installed that is offered by:<br/>
<a id="pl.3.24"></a><var>3.24</var>(1) the utility serving the property on which the solar photovoltaic modules are to <br/>
<a id="pl.3.25"></a><var>3.25</var>be installed; or<br/>
<a id="pl.3.26"></a><var>3.26</var>(2) this state, under an authority other than this section.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.27"></a><var>3.27</var>(c) An applicant who is otherwise ineligible for a rebate under paragraph (b) is <br/>
<a id="pl.3.28"></a><var>3.28</var>eligible if the applicant's failure to secure a rebate or other form of financial assistance is <br/>
<a id="pl.3.29"></a><var>3.29</var>due solely to a lack of available funds on the part of a utility or this state.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.30"></a><var>3.30</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Rebate amount and payment.</b> (a) The amount of a rebate under this <br/>
<a id="pl.3.31"></a><var>3.31</var>section is the difference between the sum of all rebates described in subdivision 3, <br/>
<a id="pl.3.32"></a><var>3.32</var>paragraph (b), awarded to the applicant and $5 per watt of installed generating capacity.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.33"></a><var>3.33</var>(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), the amount of all rebates or other forms of <br/>
<a id="pl.3.34"></a><var>3.34</var>financial assistance awarded to an applicant by a utility and the state, including any rebate <br/>
<a id="pl.3.35"></a><var>3.35</var>paid under this section, net of applicable federal income taxes applied at the highest <br/>
<a id="pl.4.1"></a><var>4.1</var>applicable income tax rates, must not exceed 60 percent of the total installed cost of <br/>
<a id="pl.4.2"></a><var>4.2</var>the solar photovoltaic modules.<br/>
<a id="pl.4.3"></a><var>4.3</var>(c) Rebates must be awarded to eligible applicants beginning July 1, 2010.<br/>
<a id="pl.4.4"></a><var>4.4</var>(d) The rebate must be paid out proportionately in five consecutive annual <br/>
<a id="pl.4.5"></a><var>4.5</var>installments.<br/>
<a id="pl.4.6"></a><var>4.6</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.3.0"></a><a id="pl.4.7"></a><var>4.7</var>    Sec. 3. <b>APPROPRIATION.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.4.8"></a><var>4.8</var>(a) The utility subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 116C.779, shall transfer <br/>
<a id="pl.4.9"></a><var>4.9</var>$2,000,000 in fiscal year 2011; $4,000,000 in fiscal year 2012; $5,000,000 in fiscal year <br/>
<a id="pl.4.10"></a><var>4.10</var>2013; $5,000,000 in fiscal year 2014; and $5,000,000 in fiscal year 2015, from the account <br/>
<a id="pl.4.11"></a><var>4.11</var>established under that section to the commissioner of commerce. The commissioner of <br/>
<a id="pl.4.12"></a><var>4.12</var>commerce must place the funds in the special revenue fund.<br/>
<a id="pl.4.13"></a><var>4.13</var>(b) $2,000,000 in fiscal year 2011; $4,000,000 in fiscal year 2012; $5,000,000 in <br/>
<a id="pl.4.14"></a><var>4.14</var>fiscal year 2013; $5,000,000 in fiscal year 2014; and $5,000,000 in fiscal year 2015, is <br/>
<a id="pl.4.15"></a><var>4.15</var>appropriated from the special revenue fund to the commissioner of commerce for awarding <br/>
<a id="pl.4.16"></a><var>4.16</var>rebates for solar photovoltaic modules as specified in section 2. This appropriation does <br/>
<a id="pl.4.17"></a><var>4.17</var>not cancel, and remains available until the money is expended.<br/>
<a id="pl.4.18"></a><var>4.18</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>