1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 2844 as follows:
1.2Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:

1.3    "Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 216B.1611, is amended by adding a
1.4subdivision to read:
1.5    Subd. 3a. Project information. (a) Beginning July 1, 2014, each electric utility
1.6shall request an applicant for interconnection of distributed renewable energy generation
1.7to provide the following information, in a format prescribed by the commissioner:
1.8(1) the nameplate capacity of the facility in the application;
1.9(2) the total preincentive installed cost of the generation system at the facility;
1.10(3) the energy source of the facility; and
1.11(4) the zip code in which the facility is to be located.
1.12(b) The commissioner shall develop or identify a system to collect and process
1.13the information under this subdivision for each utility, and make nonproject-specific
1.14data available to the public on a periodic basis as determined by the commissioner, and
1.15in a format determined by the commissioner. The commissioner may solicit proposals
1.16from outside parties to develop the system.
1.17(c) Electric utilities collecting and transferring data under this subdivision are not
1.18responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or quality of the information under this
1.19subdivision.
1.20(d) Any information under this subdivision is nonpublic, until it is made public by
1.21the commissioner as provided under paragraph (b) of the subdivision.
1.22EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment."