ERMU RES 19-5 RESOLUTION NO. 19-5
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ELK RIVER MUNICIPAL UTILITIES
A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE ELK RIVER MUNICIPAL UTILITIES COGENERATION AND SMALL
POWER PRODUCTION TARIFF,WHICH INCLUDES THE DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCE
INTERCONNECTION PROCESS.
WHEREAS, by order on September 28, 2004,the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission
adopted Generic Standards for Utility Tariffs for Interconnection and Operation of Distributed
Generation Facilities; and
WHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes Section 216B.1611, subdivision 3 required municipal utilities to
adopt a generation tariff that addressed the issues included in the commission's order; and
WHEREAS, under Minnesota Statutes Section 216B.25, any order of the commission
rescinding, altering, amending, or reopening a prior order shall have the same effect as an
original order; and
WHEREAS, by order on August 13, 2018, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission adopted
an updated interconnection process for distributed energy resources replacing the standards
adopted in 2004; and
WHEREAS,the Elk River Municipal Utilities Distributed Energy Resource Interconnection
Process addresses the issues included in the commission's 2018 order; and
WHEREAS,this Distributed Energy Resource Interconnection Process functions in concert with
the Elk River Municipal Utilities Policy Regarding Distributed Energy Resources and Net
Metering as well as its Rules Governing the Interconnection of Cogeneration and Small Power
Production;
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission adopts the
attached ERMU Policy—E.12b—Cogeneration and Small Power Production Tariff, which
includes the Distributed Energy Resources Interconnection Process.
This Resolution Passed and Adopted this 14th day of May, 2019.
J n J. 'ietz, Chi r
Troy Adams, P.E., General Manager