Energy Legislation - Minnesota

Latest Action: 03/14/2008 - Referred by Chair to K-12 Finance Division

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School boards authorized to form business entities solely for wind energy
projects, and exemption from production tax provided.

Latest Action: 03/17/2008 - Author added Slocum

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Green Economy Transformation Task Force established to advance the environmental
and energy policies of the state, and money appropriated.

Latest Action: 04/14/2008 - Bills not identical, R/S, SF substituted on General Register

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HF 3977

FIRST ENGROSSMENT

Power transmission lines, renewable energy obligations, and related activities
and costs provisions modified.

Section 1: Transmission cost adjustment language is modified.

Section 2: Commission authority language is modified.

Section 3: Cost recovery language is modified.

Section 4: Cost recovery for owned renewable facilities language is modified.

Section 5: Exemptions language is modified.

Section 6: Renewable energy standard facilities language is provided.

SNA 3/19/08

Latest Action: 03/19/2008 - Referred by Chair to Property Tax Relief and Local Sales Tax Division

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Electric generation facility property tax exemption provided.

Latest Action: 03/06/2008 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Energy Finance and Policy Division

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Utilities; natural gas used as fuel for generating electricity use and cost
recovery limited.

Latest Action: 03/06/2008 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Energy Finance and Policy Division

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Property rights related to wind energy regulated.

Latest Action: 04/21/2008 - Bills not identical, R/S, SF substituted on General Register

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HF 3857

FIRST ENGROSSMENT

Solar energy project conservation improvement expenditures allowed by utilities

Section 1: Generation projects language is modified.

Section 2: Definitions language is modified.

Section 3: Qualifying solar energy project language is added.

Section 4: Effective date is provided.

SNA 3/14/08

Latest Action: 04/21/2008 - Author added Heidgerken

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HF 3843

FIRST ENGROSSMENT

Renewable energy standard required certain amount of solar-produced energy.

Section 1: Eligible energy technology standard language is provided.

SNA 3/17/08

Latest Action: 05/01/2008 - Received from House

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HF 3729

FOURTH ENGROSSMENT

Legislative Energy Commission established, and Legislative Electric Energy Task
Force abolished, conforming corrections made, and money appropriated.

Section 1: Legislative energy commission language provided.
Subdivision 1: Establishment
Subdivision 2: Membership
Subdivision 3: Subcommittees
Subdivision 4: Staff
Subdivision 5: General duties
Subdivision 6: Hearings
Subdivision 7: Data from state agencies
Subdivision 8: Subpoena power
Subdivision 9: Assessment; appropriation
Subdivision 10: Funds transfer

Section 2: Farm-grown closed-loop biomass language modified.

Section 3: Repealer language provided.

SNA 5/2/08

Latest Action: 04/10/2008 - Bills not identical, R/S, SF substituted on General Register

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Business Energy Accountability Act of 2008 adopted providing for a voluntary
inventory of business energy use.

Latest Action: 05/15/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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"Renewable Energy Feed-In Tariff Act of 2008"; establishing a renewable energy
projects rate schedule; defining certain energy terms and projects; establishing
a tariff and tariff terms and rates; regulating reduction for other incentive
programs and sales to nonqualifying owners; requiring public utilities
commission (PUC) tariff review and adjustment; requiring electric utilities
interconnection; requiring the PUC to approve standard contracts; requiring the
PUC to require electric utilities to file rate schedules; providing for
renewable electricity generator loan eligibility; requiring the PUC to submit a
report to the legislature and the governor by certain dates
(rt)

Latest Action: 03/01/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Appropriating money to the board of regents of the university of Minnesota to
study the economic implications of converting farmland from row crops to native
perennial grasses harvested for bioenergy development
(je)

Latest Action: 03/19/2008 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance

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2E Modifying certain membership requirements for the NextGen energy board;
modifying the expiration date (sunset provision) of the board; prohibiting the
cancellation of the unencumbered balance of a certain prior appropriation for
bioenergy and value added agricultural products
(je)

Latest Action: 05/17/2008 - Bills not identical, R/S, SF substituted on General Register

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Prekindergarten through grade 12 education policy provided including general
education, education excellence, special programs, libraries, state agencies,
and sefl-sufficiency and lifelong learning.

Latest Action: 04/16/2007 - Author added Sparks

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Appropriating money to the board of trustees of the Minnesota state colleges and
university (MnSCU) for community based energy development pilot projects;
requiring board allocation to the Mesabi range technical and community college,
the Minnesota West community and technical college and the Austin campus of
Riverland community college; specifying requirements
(rt)

Latest Action: 02/08/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Relating to agriculture; creating a producer payment program for cellulosic
ethanol production; specifying payment provisions; appropriating money to the
commissioner of agriculture
(ra)

Latest Action: 02/26/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Authorizing the commissioner of agriculture to make a grant to the White Earth
Band of Chippewa for a feasibility study of a renewable energy biofuels research
and production facility on the White Earth reservation in Mahnomen county
(me)

Latest Action: 02/12/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Restoring wind energy revenue payments to school districts
(me)

Latest Action: 02/14/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Appropriating money to the commissioner of employment and economic development
(DEED) and authorizing the issuance of state bonds for a grant to Koochiching
County for a new plasma torch gasification facility located in International
Falls
(me)

Latest Action: 03/12/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance

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1E Appropriating money to the commissioner of employment and economic
development (DEED) for a zero interest matching loan to support renewable energy
related businesses and enterprises developing, locating or expanding in rural
Minnesota and for the rural renewable energy and economic development consortium
for research and technical support, workforce training and equipment housed at
Minnesota state university in Mankato; specifying certain consultation and
reporting requirements
(je)