2005 Minnesota Statutes

     216B.165 Energy audit. 

    Subdivision 1.    Residential property; fee; treatment of 
 expenses.  A customer who asks a public utility to perform an 
 energy audit of the customer's residence pursuant to United 
 States Code, title 42, section 8211 et seq. shall pay no more 
 than $10 of the administrative and general expenses associated 
 with the audit.  The remainder of the administrative and general 
 expenses of operating a program of energy audits pursuant to 
 United States Code, title 42, section 8211 et seq., including 
 those associated with program audits, list distribution, 
 customer billing services, arranging services and 
 postinstallation inspections shall be treated as current 
 operating expenses of providing utility service and shall be 
 charged to all ratepayers of the public utility in the same 
 manner as other current operating expenses of providing utility 
 service.  

    Subd. 2.    Rental property; energy standards.  All 
 audits performed pursuant to United States Code, title 42, 
 section 8211 et seq. of residences which are required by section 
 216C.27, subdivision 3, to comply with energy efficiency 
 standards shall include a separate list of those improvements to 
 the residence which are required to bring the residence into 
 compliance with section 216C.27, subdivision 3, and a statement 
 describing remedies available to tenants for violations.  

    HIST: 1980 c 579 s 17; 1981 c 356 s 248; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 
 312 art 1 s 10 subd 1