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HF 3562

as introduced - 86th Legislature (2009 - 2010) Posted on 03/09/2010 10:36am

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.
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A bill for an act
relating to energy; modifying definition of energy efficiency to include ways to
decrease consumption of delivered fuels; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008,
section 216B.241, subdivision 1.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 216B.241, subdivision 1, is amended to
read:


Subdivision 1.

Definitions.

For purposes of this section and section 216B.16,
subdivision 6b
, the terms defined in this subdivision have the meanings given them.

(a) "Commission" means the Public Utilities Commission.

(b) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of commerce.

(c) "Customer facility" means all buildings, structures, equipment, and installations
at a single site.

new text begin (d) "Delivered fuels" means propane or fuel oil delivered to residential customers
for primary heating needs.
new text end

new text begin (e) "Delivered fuels savings" means measures that result in a direct reduction in
residential delivered fuels consumption.
new text end

deleted text begin (d)deleted text end new text begin (f)new text end "Department" means the Department of Commerce.

deleted text begin (e)deleted text end new text begin (g)new text end "Energy conservation" means demand-side management of energy supplies
resulting in a net reduction in energy use. Load management that reduces overall energy
use is energy conservation.

deleted text begin (f)deleted text end new text begin (h)new text end "Energy conservation improvement" means a project that results in energy
efficiency deleted text begin ordeleted text end new text begin ,new text end energy conservationnew text begin , or delivered fuels savingsnew text end . Energy conservation
improvement may include waste heat recovery converted into electricity but does not
include electric utility infrastructure projects approved by the commission under section
216B.1636.

deleted text begin (g)deleted text end new text begin (i)new text end "Energy efficiency" means measures or programs, including energy
conservation measures or programs, that target consumer behavior, equipment, processes,
or devices designed to produce either an absolute decrease in consumption of electric
energy deleted text begin ordeleted text end new text begin ,new text end natural gasnew text begin , or delivered fuelsnew text end or a decrease in consumption of electric energy
or natural gas on a per unit of production basis without a reduction in the quality or level
of service provided to the energy consumer.

deleted text begin (h)deleted text end new text begin (j)new text end "Gross annual retail energy sales" means annual electric sales to all retail
customers in a utility's or association's Minnesota service territory or natural gas
throughput to all retail customers, including natural gas transportation customers, on a
utility's distribution system in Minnesota. For purposes of this section, gross annual
retail energy sales exclude gas sales to a large energy facility and gas and electric sales
to a large electric customer facility exempted by the commissioner under subdivision
1a, paragraph (b).

deleted text begin (i)deleted text end new text begin (k)new text end "Investments and expenses of a public utility" includes the investments
and expenses incurred by a public utility in connection with an energy conservation
improvement, including but not limited to:

(1) the differential in interest cost between the market rate and the rate charged on a
no-interest or below-market interest loan made by a public utility to a customer for the
purchase or installation of an energy conservation improvement;

(2) the difference between the utility's cost of purchase or installation of energy
conservation improvements and any price charged by a public utility to a customer for
such improvements.

deleted text begin (j)deleted text end new text begin (l)new text end "Large electric customer facility" means a customer facility that imposes a
peak electrical demand on an electric utility's system of not less than 20,000 kilowatts,
measured in the same way as the utility that serves the customer facility measures
electrical demand for billing purposes, and for which electric services are provided at
retail on a single bill by a utility operating in the state.

deleted text begin (k)deleted text end new text begin (m)new text end "Large energy facility" has the meaning given it in section 216B.2421,
subdivision 2, clause (1).

deleted text begin (l)deleted text end new text begin (n)new text end "Load management" means an activity, service, or technology to change the
timing or the efficiency of a customer's use of energy that allows a utility or a customer to
respond to wholesale market fluctuations or to reduce peak demand for energy or capacity.

deleted text begin (m)deleted text end new text begin (o)new text end "Low-income programs" means energy conservation improvement programs
that directly serve the needs of low-income persons, including low-income renters.

deleted text begin (n)deleted text end new text begin (p)new text end "Waste heat recovery converted into electricity" means an energy recovery
process that converts otherwise lost energy from the heat of exhaust stacks or pipes used
for engines or manufacturing or industrial processes, or the reduction of high pressure
in water or gas pipelines.