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Referred Bills (91)
Omnibus energy bill.
Omnibus energy bill.
Renewable energy production and energy investment income tax credits allowed, and rulemaking provided.
High-voltage transmission line routing process regulated, and designation of a preferred route prohibited in the permitting process.
Electric generation facility exception provided to certificate of need requirements.
Public Utilities Commission and Commerce Department required to develop and submit legislation to restructure public utility regulation in Minnesota.
Special electric tariff required for charging electric vehicles.
Biorefinery using cellulosic feedstock environmental review requirements modified.
Community energy efficiency and renewable energy loan program modified, permissible administrative expenses modified for disbursement of supplemental low-income home energy assistance, and weatherization assistance program money appropriated.
Residential customer protections modified pertaining to medically necessary equipment.
Propane tank grant money appropriated.
Solar energy systems exempted from property taxation, and solar energy production tax established.
Energy improvement program changes made for local governments, and technical changes made.
Commerce Department utilities assessment amount amended; and incremental revenue allocated to develop and maintain a statewide uniform energy conservation reporting system for utilities.
Solar energy system residential use restrictions prohibited.
Interconnection of distributed renewable electric generation information collection required.
Energy forward pricing mechanism for government agencies provisions modified.
Microenergy loan program modified to include community energy projects.
Electric power generating plants regulated, and solar generation facilities allowed to be eligible for alternative review.
Commerce department advisory groups governing provisions modified.
Small power generators rates governing compensation amended.
On-bill loan repayment programs provided, and long-range emission reduction planning required.
Solar energy system installation building permit fees regulated.
Utility rebate program required for thermostats.
Propane; terms of sale and service regulated and service during the heating season discontinued with respect to residential propane customers, and registration of and reporting by propane distributors required.
Public Utilities Commission required to initiate a proceeding culminating in an order establishing standards for utility rates regarding the interconnection of small electric generating facilities.
Community energy choice aggregation program study required, and money appropriated.
Coal energy standard provided.
Power plant carbon dioxide emissions provisions modified.
Legislative Energy Commission requested to investigate strategies to convert users of propane gas to natural gas or other fuels.
Solar energy; electric cooperatives and municipal utilities authorized to voluntarily contribute funding for incentives to consumers installing solar modules manufactured in Minnesota.
Public Utilities Commission just compensation determination factor amended for a utility purchased by a municipality.
Pipeline permitting efficiency goal established.
Solar energy incentive partial funding source amended, and money appropriated.
Hydroelectric generation capacity limitation eliminated.
Business customers excluded from paying costs attributed to meeting the state's solar energy standard.
Municipal energy goal costs allocated.
Legislative Energy Commission abolished.
Transmission line siting regulated.
Low-income residential electric customer programs regulated.
Propane price gouging prohibited.
Solar energy; electric cooperatives and municipal electric utilities required to contribute funding for incentives to consumers installing solar modules manufactured in Minnesota, and all electric customers made eligible to receive incentive payments.
Distributed generation and renewable energy provisions modified, conservation improvement investments for low-income programs regulated, and eminent domain and condemnation procedures modified.
Renewable energy production incentive eligible class of facilities expanded to include recovered energy generation facilities.
Nuclear energy recoverable costs specified, equipment installation required, and certificate of need for waste issuance storage for facilities operating for more than 60 years prohibited.
Omnibus energy bill.
Emissions reduction-rate rider modified for projects, and commissioner of commerce required to make assessments to fund clean energy resource teams.
University of Minnesota; renewable energy research funding extended.
Eminent domain provisions modified with respect to electric power utilities.
State energy conservation policies provided.
Renewable energy standards for 2025 abolished, and clarifying changes made.
Transmission lines assessment of need and routing regulated.
Biomass mandate project and a proposed high-voltage transmission line regulated.
Commerce Department required to consider awarding applied research and development grants for energy controller technology.
Solar value rate that utilities may pay to owners of solar photovoltaic systems established, solar energy standard established, solar photovoltaic systems made eligible to receive a renewable energy production incentive payment, account established, studies required, funding provided, and money appropriated.
Hydropower sources that may satisfy the renewable energy standard size limitation eliminated.
Renewable energy standard increased and extended to 2030, solar energy standard established, renewable energy projects exempted from the certificate of need process, uniform reporting of rate impacts of meeting the renewable energy standard required, and treatment and trading of renewable energy credits modified.
Solar energy requirements modified for state buildings.
Cost of service required to be the primary factor used to determine revenue allocation between customer classes.
Energy improvement program terms defined for local governments.
Geothermal heating and cooling systems allowed to apply to a utility's renewable energy obligation under certain conditions.
Utility disconnection notice to cities regulated.
Petroleum inspection fee revenue clarified.
Public utility franchise agreement provided, and municipalities authorized to charge public utility fee.
High-voltage transmission line routing-related issues study by the Legislative Energy Commission required.
High-voltage transmission lines routing regulated.
Cost recovery provided for emission reduction projects.
Conservation investments counting toward a utility's conservation savings goal process modified, and 2015 expiration date set for utility performance-based conservation savings goals.
Renewable development account annual transferred fee revised for each cask of spent nuclear fuel stored in Minnesota.
School energy conservation revolving loan program established, school districts permitted to repay energy conservation loans from levies made without voter approval, funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
Public Utilities Commission required to analyze distributed solar generation.
Transmission cost utility recovery regulated.
Public Utilities Commission required to initiate a proceeding regarding interconnection of distributed generation facilities, establishment and operation provided for community solar generating facilities, ownership of renewable energy credit governing provisions amended, and residential solar design standards established.
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.
Renewable energy rate schedules established for energy projects, and surcharge on electricity consumption established.
Renewable development account funds allocated, "Made in Minnesota" solar energy production incentive account created, and financial incentives provided for photovoltaic modules manufactured in Minnesota.
Gas utility infrastructure cost recovery regulated.
Economic development rate plans provided for public utilities.
Residential heating propane suppliers regulated.
Small electric generators maximum capacity to qualify for net metering amended.
Utilities and associations permitted to retain unspent funds if it contributes to a low-income home energy assistance program.
Waste heat recovered and used as thermal energy and biomass-generated thermal energy permitted to be counted toward energy savings goals.
Portion of easement acquired by condemnation discharge provided.
Electric generation facility personal property exemption provided.
Public Utilities Commission membership qualifications regulated.
Hydroelectric energy project revolving loan fund established to facilitate the dredging of lakes to improve water flow, report required, funding provided, and money appropriated.
Commerce commissioner directed to assess federal progress in developing a permanent repository for high-level radioactive waste, reports required, and actions to be taken specified by commissioner and Public Utilities Commission.
Nuclear power plant certificate of need prohibition abolished.
Community-based energy development projects tariff issues modified, and eligibility review added.
Wind energy conversion system siting provision added, and county enactment authority modified.
Public utilities interim rates approval standard and process revised.