1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to energy; requiring Department of Commerce to prepurchase delivered 
1.3 	fuel in certain circumstances as part of low-income home energy assistance 
1.4 	program;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 216C.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [216C.267] LOW-INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE 
1.7 	PROGRAM; PREPURCHASE OF FUEL.
1.8 	The commissioner of commerce, to the extent of available funds and as part of the 
1.9 	low-income home energy assistance program, shall engage in a program to prepurchase 
1.10 	delivered fuel in the months before the succeeding winter heating season. The purpose 
1.11 	of the program is to obtain lower unit prices for the delivered fuel. The commissioner 
1.12 	may decide to limit or not engage in prepurchasing if the commissioner finds that there 
1.13 	is a reasonable likelihood that prepurchasing will not provide fuel-cost savings. For the 
1.14 	purposes of this section, "delivered fuel" includes propane and number one and number 
1.15 	two fuel oils.