Bill Text: MN SF1011 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Clean energy resources teams activities funding requirement
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-05-09 - HF substituted on General Orders HF1000 [SF1011 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-SF1011-Engrossed.html
1.2relating to energy; requiring the commissioner of commerce to make assessments
1.3to fund clean energy resource teams;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section
1.4216B.241, subdivision 1e.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 216B.241, subdivision 1e, is amended to
1.7read:
1.8 Subd. 1e. Applied research and development grants. (a) The commissioner
1.9may, by order, approve and make grants for applied research and development projects
1.10of general applicability that identify new technologies or strategies to maximize energy
1.11savings, improve the effectiveness of energy conservation programs, or document
1.12the carbon dioxide reductions from energy conservation programs. When approving
1.13projects, the commissioner shall consider proposals and comments from utilities and
1.14other interested parties. The commissioner may assess up to $3,600,000 annually for the
1.15purposes of this subdivision. The assessments must be deposited in the state treasury
1.16and credited to the energy and conservation account created under subdivision 2a. An
1.17assessment made under this subdivision is not subject to the cap on assessments provided
1.18by section216B.62 , or any other law.
1.19 (b) The commissioner, as part of the assessment authorized under paragraph (a),
1.20shall annually assess and grant up to $500,000 for the purpose of subdivision 9.
1.21(c) The commissioner, as part of the assessment authorized under paragraph (a),
1.22each state fiscal year shall assess $500,000 for a grant to the partnership created by section
1.23216C.385, subdivision 2. The grant must be used to exercise the powers and perform the
1.24duties specified in section 216C.385, subdivision 3.
2.1(d) By February 15 annually, the commissioner shall report to the chairs and ranking
2.2minority members of the committees of the legislature with primary jurisdiction over
2.3energy policy and energy finance on the assessments made under this subdivision for the
2.4previous calendar year and the use of the assessment. The report must clearly describe the
2.5activities supported by the assessment and the parties that engaged in those activities.
2.6EFFECTIVE DATE.Paragraph (c) is effective for assessments for state fiscal
2.7years commencing on or after July 1, 2013.
1.3to fund clean energy resource teams;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section
1.4216B.241, subdivision 1e.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 216B.241, subdivision 1e, is amended to
1.7read:
1.8 Subd. 1e. Applied research and development grants. (a) The commissioner
1.9may, by order, approve and make grants for applied research and development projects
1.10of general applicability that identify new technologies or strategies to maximize energy
1.11savings, improve the effectiveness of energy conservation programs, or document
1.12the carbon dioxide reductions from energy conservation programs. When approving
1.13projects, the commissioner shall consider proposals and comments from utilities and
1.14other interested parties. The commissioner may assess up to $3,600,000 annually for the
1.15purposes of this subdivision. The assessments must be deposited in the state treasury
1.16and credited to the energy and conservation account created under subdivision 2a. An
1.17assessment made under this subdivision is not subject to the cap on assessments provided
1.18by section
1.19 (b) The commissioner, as part of the assessment authorized under paragraph (a),
1.20shall annually assess and grant up to $500,000 for the purpose of subdivision 9.
1.21(c) The commissioner, as part of the assessment authorized under paragraph (a),
1.22each state fiscal year shall assess $500,000 for a grant to the partnership created by section
1.23216C.385, subdivision 2. The grant must be used to exercise the powers and perform the
1.24duties specified in section 216C.385, subdivision 3.
2.1(d) By February 15 annually, the commissioner shall report to the chairs and ranking
2.2minority members of the committees of the legislature with primary jurisdiction over
2.3energy policy and energy finance on the assessments made under this subdivision for the
2.4previous calendar year and the use of the assessment. The report must clearly describe the
2.5activities supported by the assessment and the parties that engaged in those activities.
2.6EFFECTIVE DATE.Paragraph (c) is effective for assessments for state fiscal
2.7years commencing on or after July 1, 2013.
