Bill Text: MN HF2104 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Solar energy; electric cooperatives and municipal utilities authorized to voluntarily contribute funding for incentives to consumers installing solar modules manufactured in Minnesota.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-10 - Author added Bly [HF2104 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-HF2104-Introduced.html
1.2relating to energy; authorizing certain electric cooperatives and municipal
1.3electric utilities to voluntarily contribute funding for incentives to consumers
1.4installing solar modules manufactured in Minnesota;amending Minnesota
1.5Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 216C.412, subdivision 2.
1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 216C.412, subdivision 2,
1.8is amended to read:
1.9 Subd. 2. Payments from public utilities. (a) Beginning January 1, 2014, and each
1.10January 1 thereafter, through 2023, for a total of ten years, each electric public utility
1.11subject to section216B.241 must, and each cooperative electric association and municipal
1.12utility selling electricity at retail that is subject to section 216B.241 may, annually pay
1.13to the commissioner of commerce five percent of the minimum amount it is required to
1.14spend on energy conservation improvements under section216B.241, subdivision 1a .
1.15Payments under this subdivision must be included in the calculation of whether a utility's
1.16other spending on generation exceeds the limits authorized for spending on generation
1.17under section216B.2411 , subdivision 1, for investments proposed for commissioner of
1.18commerce approval after July 1, 2013. The limits on spending in section216B.2411 do
1.19not limit or apply to payments required by this subdivision. Payments made under this
1.20paragraph count toward satisfying expenditure obligations of apublic utility under section
1.21216B.241
, subdivision 1a or 1b, as applicable. The commissioner shall, upon receipt
1.22of the funds, deposit them in the account established in subdivision 1. A public utility
1.23subject to this paragraph must be credited energy savings for the purpose of satisfying
1.24its energy savings requirement under section216B.241, subdivision 1c , based on its
1.25payment to the commissioner.
2.1(b) Notwithstanding section116C.779, subdivision 1 , paragraph (g), beginning
2.2January 1, 2014, and continuing through January 1, 2023, for a total of ten years, the
2.3public utility that manages the account under section116C.779 must annually pay from
2.4that account to the commissioner an amount that, when added to the total amount paid to
2.5the commissioner of commerce under paragraph (a), totals $15,000,000 annually. The
2.6commissioner shall, upon receipt of the payment, deposit it in the account established in
2.7subdivision 1.
2.8EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
1.3electric utilities to voluntarily contribute funding for incentives to consumers
1.4installing solar modules manufactured in Minnesota;amending Minnesota
1.5Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 216C.412, subdivision 2.
1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 216C.412, subdivision 2,
1.8is amended to read:
1.9 Subd. 2. Payments from public utilities. (a) Beginning January 1, 2014, and each
1.10January 1 thereafter, through 2023, for a total of ten years, each electric public utility
1.11subject to section
1.12utility selling electricity at retail that is subject to section 216B.241 may, annually pay
1.13to the commissioner of commerce five percent of the minimum amount it is required to
1.14spend on energy conservation improvements under section
1.15Payments under this subdivision must be included in the calculation of whether a utility's
1.16other spending on generation exceeds the limits authorized for spending on generation
1.17under section
1.18commerce approval after July 1, 2013. The limits on spending in section
1.19not limit or apply to payments required by this subdivision. Payments made under this
1.20paragraph count toward satisfying expenditure obligations of a
1.22of the funds, deposit them in the account established in subdivision 1. A public utility
1.23subject to this paragraph must be credited energy savings for the purpose of satisfying
1.24its energy savings requirement under section
1.25payment to the commissioner.
2.1(b) Notwithstanding section
2.2January 1, 2014, and continuing through January 1, 2023, for a total of ten years, the
2.3public utility that manages the account under section
2.4that account to the commissioner an amount that, when added to the total amount paid to
2.5the commissioner of commerce under paragraph (a), totals $15,000,000 annually. The
2.6commissioner shall, upon receipt of the payment, deposit it in the account established in
2.7subdivision 1.
2.8EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
