Minnesota Administrative Rules

7630.0310 CALCULATION PROCEDURE.

The total economic benefit of conversion will be the sum of the economic benefits of conversion of all gas lamps for which the applicant is requesting a variance. Economic benefit varies with the number of mantles, the placement of the mantles (inverted or upright, and the fuel used), or natural or LP gas. Alternative methods of determining the economic benefit of conversion are provided in parts 7630.0320 to 7630.0360. The applicant may accept and use the figure provided in item A or C of the appropriate part; or the applicant may choose the alternative form provided in item B of the appropriate part.

If the applicant chooses to follow the latter alternative, the formula may be used in any of three ways:

A.

The applicant may make the necessary calculations. In that case, all the calculations and all figures used must be shown and included with the application with the source of all figures indicated.

B.

The applicant may use the formula with the AMC figures obtained from the applicant's utilities. In that case, the applicant must attach to the application the written statements from the applicant's electric utility and gas utility or supplier by which the applicant obtained the AMC figures.

C.

The applicant may provide to the energy agency the applicant's total gas bill and total electric bill for the past 12 months expressed in dollars. The agency staff will estimate the economic benefit of conversion for applicant's lamps by using the bill totals provided and the current rates per unit of energy assessed by applicant's utilities for an average house with the same total electric and gas bills.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 216C.10

History:

L 1987 c 312 art 1 s 9

Published Electronically:

January 19, 2005