1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to energy; utilities; requiring certain information and a report related to 
1.3 	interconnection of distributed renewable electric generation;amending Minnesota 
1.4 	Statutes 2012, section 216B.1611, subdivision 4, by adding a subdivision.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 216B.1611, is amended by adding a 
1.7 	subdivision to read:
1.8 		Subd. 3a.Project-specific information. Each electric utility shall require an 
1.9 	applicant for interconnection of distributed renewable generation to provide the following 
1.10 	information: 
1.11 	(1) the installed capacity of the facility in the application;
1.12 	(2) the total installed cost of the facility;
1.13 	(3) the generation technology of the facility; and
1.14 	(4) the zip code in which the facility is to be located.

1.15 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2014, and applies to 
1.16 	applications received on and after that date.

1.17 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 216B.1611, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
1.18 		Subd. 4.Reporting requirements. (a) Each electric utility shall maintain records 
1.19 	concerning applications received for interconnection and parallel operation of distributed 
1.20 	generation. The records must include the date each application is received, documents 
1.21 	generated in the course of processing each application, correspondence regarding each 
1.22 	application, and the final disposition of each application.
2.1 	(b) Every electric utility shall file with the commissioner a distributed generation 
2.2 	interconnection report for the preceding calendar year that identifies each distributed 
2.3 	generation facility interconnected with the utility's distribution system. The report must 
2.4 	list the new distributed generation facilities interconnected with the system since the 
2.5 	previous year's report, any distributed generation facilities no longer interconnected with 
2.6 	the utility's system since the previous report, the capacity of each facility, and the feeder or 
2.7 	other point on the company's utility system where the facility is connected. The annual 
2.8 	report must also identify all applications for interconnection received during the previous 
2.9 	one-year period, and the disposition of the applications. The report must, in a format 
2.10 	prescribed by the commissioner, include the information required from an applicant under 
2.11 	subdivision 3a for applications received in the previous year.