1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to energy; establishing an energy storage systems standard;amending 
1.3 	Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 216B.1691, by adding a subdivision.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 216B.1691, is amended by adding a subdivision 
1.6 	to read:
1.7 		Subd. 2g.Energy storage standard. (a) In addition to the requirements of subdivisions 
1.8 	2a, 2b, and 2f, each electric utility must provide its retail customers in Minnesota with 
1.9 	electricity drawn from energy storage systems so that by December 31, 2023, at least ....... 
1.10 	percent of the utility’s total electric sales to retail customers in Minnesota is drawn from 
1.11 	energy storage systems. Of this amount, at least ....... percent must be met from energy 
1.12 	storage systems:
1.13 	(1) owned by a retail electric customer of the utility;
1.14 	(2) located at the retail electric customer’s point of consumption; and
1.15 	(3) whose dispatch of stored electricity is controlled by the retail electric customer.
1.16 	(b) For the purposes of this section, “energy storage system” means a commercially 
1.17 	available technology capable of (1) absorbing and storing electrical energy, and (2) 
1.18 	dispatching stored electrical energy at a later time.

1.19 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.