Minnesota Legislature
HF 3929
as introduced - 91st Legislature (2019 - 2020) Posted on 02/27/2020 01:46pm
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A bill for an act
relating to energy; establishing a grant program for innovative distributed energy
projects; appropriating money.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1. new text begin INNOVATIVE DISTRIBUTED ENERGY PROJECT GRANT PROGRAM.
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(a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have
the meanings given them.
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(b) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of commerce.
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(c) "Energy storage" means a technology that absorbs and stores electrical energy and
is capable of dispatching the stored energy at a later time.
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(d) "Innovative distributed energy project" means a project:
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(1) with a nameplate capacity of ten kilowatts or less;
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(2) that contains at least two of the following components:
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(i) photovoltaic devices, as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 216C.06, subdivision
16;
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(ii) a wind energy conversion system, as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 216C.06,
subdivision 19; or
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(iii) an energy storage system; and
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(3) that interconnects directly with the electric distribution system of a cooperative
electric association or municipal utility, bypassing the high-voltage transmission network.
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The commissioner must establish an innovative distributed
energy project grant program in the Department of Commerce to provide financial assistance
to cooperative electric associations and municipal utilities that interconnect such projects
to the cooperative electric association or municipal utility's distribution system.
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Application for a grant under this section must be made to the
commissioner on a form developed by the commissioner. The commissioner must develop
procedures to (1) solicit and review applications, and (2) award grants under this section.
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new text begin Eligible expenditures. new text end
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Appropriations made to support the activities of this
section must be used only to:
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(1) provide grants under this section; and
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(2) reimburse the department's reasonable expenses to administer the grant program.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end
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This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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Sec. 2. new text begin APPROPRIATION.
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$5,000,000 in fiscal year 2021 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner
of commerce to award innovative distributed energy project grants under section 1. This is
a onetime appropriation. This appropriation remains available until December 31, 2022.
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This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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