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MN HF1170
Bill
Status
3/4/2013
Primary Sponsor
Andrew Falk
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AI Summary
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Increases the maximum capacity for small electricity generators qualifying for net metering from 40 kilowatts to 105 kilowatts.
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Amends the compensation rate for net input by qualifying facilities to include the average retail utility energy rate plus any premium charged by the utility for renewable electricity purchases under section 216B.169, or the average rate from comparable utilities if the local utility does not offer renewable rates.
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Allows utilities to take possession of renewable energy credits attached to electricity purchased from small generators.
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Adds nondiscrimination provisions prohibiting utilities from imposing unduly burdensome conditions on qualifying facilities seeking to interconnect and sell power to the utility.
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Clarifies that electrical generation exceeding a qualifying facility's nameplate capacity does not void the contract and must be purchased at the utility's avoided cost rate.
Legislative Description
Small electricity generator maximum capacity to qualify for net metering amended, rate at which small generators may elect to be paid by utilities definition amended, and treatment of a purchase from a small generator by a nongenerating utility supplied by a municipal power agency amended.
Last Action
Introduction and first reading, referred to Energy Policy
3/4/2013