Minnesota Administrative Rules

7607.0100 DEFINITIONS.

Subpart 1.

Scope.

The terms defined in this part and in Minnesota Statutes, section 216C.37, subdivision 1, apply to parts 7607.0110 to 7607.0180.

Subp. 2.

Applicant.

"Applicant" means an eligible municipality.

Subp. 3.

Municipality.

"Municipality" means any county, statutory or home rule charter city, town, school district, or any combination of those units under an agreement to jointly undertake projects authorized in this section.

Subp. 4.

Authority.

"Authority" means the Minnesota Public Facilities Authority.

Subp. 5.

Project.

"Project" means all proposed work set forth in an application for a loan to a municipality.

Subp. 6.

Maxi-audit.

"Maxi-audit" means a detailed analysis of energy-saving improvements to existing buildings or stationary energy-using systems, including:

A.

modifications to building structures;

B.

heating, ventilating, and air conditioning systems;

C.

operation practice;

D.

lighting; and

E.

other factors that relate to energy use.

The primary purpose of the engineering analysis is to quantify the economic and engineering feasibility of energy-saving improvements that require capital expenditures of major operational modifications.

A maxi-audit must be performed by or under the direction of and signed by a professional mechanical or electrical engineer or by an architect registered in Minnesota.

Subp. 7.

Conservation measure.

"Conservation measure" means an energy conservation measure that is an installation to a building on stationary energy-using system, and that is primarily intended to reduce energy consumption or allow the use of an alternate energy source including solar, wind, peat, wood, and agricultural residue.

Subp. 8.

Building.

"Building" means an existing building owned and operated by a municipality.

Subp. 9.

Stationary energy-using system.

A "stationary energy-using system" means any permanent structure or system owned and operated by a municipality that requires energy consumption for its function.

Subp. 10.

Payback.

"Payback" means the simple payback that is equal to the design, acquisition, and installation costs of a conservation measure divided by the estimated first year energy cost savings attributable to that measure.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 446A.11

History:

13 SR 1922; L 1993 c 327 s 15

Published Electronically:

January 19, 2005