1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 956, the first engrossment, as follows:
1.2Page 18, line 10, after "(a) " insert "Beginning January 1, 2014" and delete the colon
1.3Page 18, delete lines 11 to 15 and insert "to public utilities selling electricity at retail
1.4in Minnesota, and to electric cooperatives and municipalities selling electricity at retail in
1.5Minnesota that have elected to be governed under section 216C.412."
1.6Page 18, line 32, delete "An electric" and insert "A"
1.7Page 22, line 24, before "utility" insert "public" and delete everything before the
1.8period and insert "or a cooperative association or municipality that has elected to be
1.9governed under section 216C.412"
1.10Page 22, line 28, before "80" insert "at least"
1.11Page 28, line 17, delete "electric" and insert "public"
1.12Page 28, line 18, after "retail" insert "electricity" and delete everything after
1.13"Minnesota"
1.14Page 28, line 19, delete everything before the comma
1.15Page 28, line 20, delete "electric"
1.16Page 31, line 15, after "$500,000" insert "per fiscal year"
1.17Page 31, line 21, delete "briefly" and insert "clearly"
1.18Page 32, line 25, after "a" insert "public"
1.19Page 33, delete section 38
1.20Page 33, delete subdivision 1
1.21Page 33, lines 24 and 28, after "commissioner" insert "of commerce"
1.22Page 33, line 30, delete everything after "devices" and insert "located in the
1.23electric service territory of a cooperative association or municipality that has elected
1.24to be governed under section 216C.412, and the department of commerce's actual and
1.25reasonable costs to administer this section"
1.26Page 33, line 31, delete everything before "section"
1.27Page 33, delete subdivision 4 and insert:
2.1    "Subd. 4. Administrative procedure. By April 1, 2014, the commissioner of
2.2commerce shall develop an administrative procedure that transfers funds from the account
2.3to pay the solar energy production incentive to owners of solar photovoltaic devices
2.4located in the electric service territory of a cooperative association or municipality that has
2.5elected to be governed under section 216C.412.
2.6    Subd. 5. Transfer. The public utility that contributes to the account established
2.7under section 116C.779 shall annually transfer from that account up to $5 million annually
2.8to the commissioner of commerce for deposit in the account established in subdivision 1 to
2.9pay the solar energy production incentive to owners of solar photovoltaic devices located
2.10in the electric service territory of a cooperative association or municipality that has elected
2.11to be governed under section 216C.412. The commissioner of commerce shall request
2.12funds to be transferred by the public utility only to the extent necessary to fully fund the
2.13annual aggregate solar production incentives paid to owners of solar photovoltaic devices
2.14that are interconnected with cooperative associations or municipalities that have elected
2.15to be governed under section 216C.412."
2.16Page 34, after line 6, insert:
2.17    "Subdivision 1. Applicability. (a) A public utility providing retail electric service to
2.18Minnesota customers is subject to the provisions of this section.
2.19(b) A cooperative association or a municipality providing retail electric service
2.20to Minnesota customers may elect to be subject to the provisions of this section. The
2.21election shall be approved by resolution of the board of directors of the association
2.22or the governing body of the municipality, a copy of which must be provided to the
2.23commissioner of commerce. The election is effective 30 days after the election by the
2.24board of directors or governing body."
2.25Renumber the subdivisions in sequence
2.26Page 34, line 7, delete "; appropriation"
2.27Page 34, delete line 9 and insert "(1) submitted to the utility to which the solar
2.28photovoltaic device is interconnected, on a form prescribed by the utility, an"
2.29Page 34, line 11, delete "commissioner" and insert "utility"
2.30Page 34, delete lines 13 to 15 and insert:
2.31"(b) A utility shall make incentive payments under this section on a first-come,
2.32first-served basis. A utility is not required to make aggregate incentive payments under
2.33this section in any one calendar year that exceed 1.33 percent of the utility's gross
2.34operating revenues from retail sales of electric service provided to Minnesota customers
2.35during the previous calendar year.
3.1(c) A cooperative association or a municipality that elects to be subject to the
3.2provisions of this section may elect to have the Department of Commerce pay the incentive
3.3to owners of solar photovoltaic devices from the account established in section 216C.411."
3.4Reletter the paragraphs in sequence
3.5Page 34, delete line 25 and insert:
3.6"(c) A utility paying an incentive under this section must enter into a contract with
3.7an owner of a solar photovoltaic system under which the utility agrees to make incentive
3.8payments for a period of 20 years."
3.9Page 34, line 26, delete everything before "No" and insert:
3.10"(d)"
3.11Page 35, line 25, after "paid" insert "by utilities under this section"
3.12Page 40, delete section 50 and insert:

3.13    "Sec. 50. REPEALER.
3.14Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 216B.1637, is repealed."
3.15Amend the title accordingly