MN SF2371

Commissioner of commerce must contract with independent consultant to study potential for solar energy installations on public buildings, including rooftops and parking lots.

Study must reassess buildings identified in the B3 program, determine available space for solar systems, calculate energy production potential, and combine solar with existing energy efficiency data.

Final report must include a schedule for installing solar on four percent of available public building space per year, prioritizing installations with largest benefits and shortest payback periods.

Commissioner of commerce must consult with utilities to identify interconnection points for renewable energy facilities on public buildings by January 15, 2013.

Each retail electricity utility must submit a study by January 1, 2013 analyzing barriers to solar photovoltaic interconnection on public buildings, proposing system upgrades needed, and estimating upgrade costs.