Subdivision 1.Scope.

The sections referred to in this section are codified outside this chapter. Those sections classify certain energy or utility data as other than public, place restrictions on access to government data, or involve data sharing.

Subd. 2.Energy forecasts, statistics.

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Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes 13.681

  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of the Department of Administration. See Minnesota Statutes 13.02
  • Data on individuals: means all government data in which any individual is or can be identified as the subject of that data, unless the appearance of the name or other identifying data can be clearly demonstrated to be only incidental to the data and the data are not accessed by the name or other identifying data of any individual. See Minnesota Statutes 13.02
  • Government data: means all data collected, created, received, maintained or disseminated by any government entity regardless of its physical form, storage media or conditions of use. See Minnesota Statutes 13.02
  • state: extends to and includes the District of Columbia and the several territories. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44

Certain energy data maintained by the commissioner of commerce are classified under section 216C.17, subdivision 4.

Subd. 3.Energy audit of residential or commercial building.

Certain data gathered about consumer comments on state programs of energy audits of residential and commercial buildings may be shared under section 216C.31.

Subd. 4.Energy conservation investment loan.

Data contained in applications for energy conservation investment loans, including supporting technical documentation, are governed by section 216C.37, subdivisions 3a and 3b.

Subd. 5.Energy programs.

Treatment of data on individuals applying for benefits or services under energy programs is governed by section 216C.266.

Subd. 6.Utility disconnection.

Utility data on disconnections provided to cities under section 216B.0976 shall be treated as private data on individuals or nonpublic data.

Subd. 7.

[Repealed, 2015 c 21 art 1 s 110]

Subd. 8.Public utility expense data.

Treatment of employee expense data submitted in a rate case petition is governed by section 216B.16, subdivision 17.

Subd. 9.Community energy efficiency and renewable energy loan.

Energy usage data provided by an industrial, commercial, or health care facility customer for community energy efficiency and renewable energy loans are governed by section 216C.145, subdivision 3.

Subd. 10.Interconnection of on-site distributed generation.

The classification of data provided by an applicant for interconnection of distributed renewable energy generation is governed by section 216B.1611, subdivision 3a.