Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 13, September 23, 2024
Subpart 1.
Purpose.
The priority ranking set out below, and the allocation and
conservation measures contained in parts
7620.0500 to
7620.0530, are intended to reduce
the demand for petroleum products used for heating and power generation and
ensure that the necessary fuel requirements of higher priority consumers are
met before the lower priority consumers.
Subp. 2.
Priority uses.
In an energy supply emergency resulting from a shortage of
fuel oil, highest priority uses are those essential for the health and safety
of the citizens of the state. Uses within categories are not ranked by
preference.
A. First priority fuel oil
uses are:
(1) health and residential care
services;
(2) residential
heating;
(3) passenger
transportation;
(4) plant
protection;
(5) emergency
vehicles;
(6)
telecommunications;
(7) energy
production;
(8)
agriculture;
(9) sanitation
services; and
(10) essential
government services.
B.
Second priority fuel oil uses are those necessary to minimize the economic
disruption of a fuel oil shortage. Second priority fuel oil uses are:
(1) cargo and freight hauling, except for the
first priority uses as defined in item A;
(2) personal motor transportation.
Diesel-powered automobiles shall be subject to all the provisions of the motor
fuel measures described in parts
7620.0600 to
7620.0730.
C. Third priority uses are those not
essential for the immediate health and safety of the citizens of the state.
These include:
(1) schools and religious
institutions;
(2) government,
except those services listed in item A;
(3) commerce, except those services listed in
item A;
(4) industry, except those
services listed in item A.
D. In an energy supply emergency, suppliers
shall be requested to deliver fuel oil to higher priority consumers before
lower priority consumers, where no practicable substitute fuels are
available.
E. Vehicles considered
to be transporting agricultural products must have the words "first priority
agricultural product" on their bill of lading or must be visibly transporting
first priority agricultural products.
F. Fuel oil users may apply for state
set-aside product if fuel oil becomes otherwise unobtainable, according to
state set-aside application procedures developed according to Minnesota
Statutes, section
216C.16.
Preference shall be given higher priority consumers over lower priority
consumers in the assignment of state set-aside product.
