Relating to energy; extending the payment deadline for certain renewable
energy production incentives; modifying residential energy customer connection protections pertaining to medically necessary equipment; regulating certain residential heating propane suppliers; defining certain terms; requiring gas companies to offer reasonable and effective budget payment plans to its residential delivery customers; providing for propane purchase contracts; establishing certain terms of sale; regulating low-income residential electric customer programs; requiring an electric utility to require an applicant for interconnection of distributed renewable electric generation to provide certain project information; requiring a special electric tariff for charging electric vehicles; authorizing on-bill repayment programs for conservation improvements; requiring long-range emission reduction planning; providing an exception to certificate of need requirements for certain a wind energy conversion system, solar electric generation facility, or facility that generates electricity from natural gas; extending the payment deadline for certain renewable energy production incentives; making a conforming change to the state guaranteed energy-savings program; modifying provisions of the energy improvements program for local governments; allowing solar generation facilities to be eligible for alternative review; modifying the definition of refinery to include liquefied petroleum (LP) gas; requiring notification of LP unavailability; authorizing the commissioner of commerce to enforce the prohibition of discrimination of LP distribution under certain conditions; regulating siting of certain transmission lines; increasing the allowable percentage of appropriations for the low income energy assistance program (LIEAP) for administrative expenses; requesting the legislative energy commission to investigate strategies to convert certain users of propane gas to natural gas or other fuels; repealing certain provisions relating to weatherization assistance, the energy conservation loan program, certain extended forecast reporting requirements of electric utilities and energy, cooling system replacement and energy efficiency criteria
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