Rulemaking docket for Minnesota Rules Chapter 1323

Minnesota Rules, Chapter 1323, Commercial Energy Code

The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry requests comments on its possible amendment to Minnesota Rules, chapter 1323, “Commercial Energy Code.” The Department is considering rule amendments that incorporate by reference the commercial provisions of the 2018 edition of the International Energy Conservation Code, with amendments, and any other amendments necessary to administer and enforce the Commercial Energy Code.

Published notices and comment periods

• View the Request for Comments, which was published in the State Register on Aug. 27, 2018.

• A Dual Notice was published in the State Register on Sept. 16, 2019.

• The Notice of Adoption was published in the State Register on Dec. 30, 2019.

Availability of rule draft(s) and statement of need and reasonableness

• View Minnesota Rules, chapter 1323, as adopted.

• View the proposed rules.

• View the Statement of Need and Reasonableness (SONAR). 

Requests for hearing; date and place of hearing

The department did not receive 25 requests for hearing by the end of the comment period on Oct. 16, 2019. The hearing scheduled for Nov. 18, 2019, has been cancelled.

ALJ reports

To be determined.

Orders

• Order on Request to Omit from the Notice the Text of Proposed Rules

• View the order issued Nov. 26, 2019, by Administrative Law Judge Jessica A. Palmer-Denig, which approves the proposed rules.

Timetable/status of the rule proceeding; agency determinations

• This is a completed rulemaking.

• The Order Adopting the Rules was signed Dec. 2, 2019.

Date the rule was filed with Secretary of State and the effective date of the rule as adopted

• The rule was filed with the Secretary of State on Dec. 4, 2019.

• The effective date of the rule as adopted is March 31, 2020. 

Written comments, questions and requests

Contact person for procedural questions and to submit comments:  

Amanda Spuckler

Email:  dli.rules@state.mn.us

Phone:  651-284-5006

Fax:  651-284-5749

Contact the person above for additional information about the planned rule, to receive rule notices, to receive rule drafts if available, to provide comments, or to view comments or requests for hearing that have been submitted.

Comments and questions may also be submitted by U.S. mail, to the contact person listed above, at: Department of Labor and Industry, 443 Lafayette Road N., St. Paul, MN 55155.

Comments received after 4:30 p.m. will be considered received on the next state business day the Department of Labor and Industry is open.