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MN HF2836

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/6/2014

Primary Sponsor

Pat Garofalo

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Origin

House of Representatives

88th Legislature 2013-2014

AI Summary

  • Excludes business customers formed under specified Minnesota corporate chapters (300, 301, 302A, 303, 308A, 308B, 319B, 321, 322, 322B, 323A) from paying costs associated with meeting the state's solar energy standard.

  • Maintains existing exemptions for iron mining extraction facilities, scram mining facilities, paper mills, wood products manufacturers, sawmills, and oriented strand board manufacturers from solar standard cost calculations.

  • Public utilities cannot include solar energy standard compliance costs in rates charged to exempt business customers.

  • Amends Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 216B.1691, subdivision 2f, regarding the state's solar energy standard requiring 1.5 percent of retail electric sales to be solar-generated by 2020.

  • Takes effect the day following final enactment.

Legislative Description

Business customers excluded from paying costs attributed to meeting the state's solar energy standard.

Last Action

Introduction and first reading, referred to Energy Policy

3/6/2014

Committee Referrals

Energy Policy3/6/2014

Full Bill Text

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