HF3562 Summary

• Amends Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 216B.241, subdivision 1 to modify the definition of energy efficiency and related energy conservation terms.

• Expands "energy efficiency" to include measures targeting consumer behavior, equipment, processes, or devices that produce absolute decreases in consumption of electric energy, natural gas, or delivered fuels, or decreases on a per-unit production basis without reducing service quality.

• Adds "delivered fuels" definition to mean propane or fuel oil delivered to residential customers for primary heating needs.

• Introduces "delivered fuels savings" as measures that result in direct reduction in residential delivered fuels consumption.

• Modifies "energy conservation improvement" to include energy efficiency, energy conservation, or delivered fuels savings, including waste heat recovery converted into electricity.