All Power Plants and Lines Legislation - Minnesota
SF0171 - Plasma arc technology and biomass waste to energy pilot facility construction grant appropriation
Latest Action: 01/22/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Appropriating money to the commissioner of employment and economic development (DEED) for a grant to design, construct, furnish and equip a biomass waste to energy pilot facility using plasma arc technology to generate electrical power using a variety of state feedstocks and waste materials; specifying certain grant application criteria; match requirement from nonstate sources (je) Comment on Bill Latest Action: 03/07/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text "Global Warming Preparedness Act of 2007"; specifying legislative findings; defining certain terms related to greenhouse gas emissions; requiring pollution control agency (PCA) to monitor sources greenhouse gas emissions; requiring all major emitting sources to file with the PCA by a certain date a good faith estimate of greenhouse gas emissions; requiring PCA to adopt rules to require the reporting and verification of greenhouse gas emissions; requiring PCA to report to legislature by a certain date stating the amount of statewide greenhouse gas emissions, evaluating costs and benefits of reducing greenhouse gases, identifying ways to reduce gases and developing research and investment opportunities regarding the reduction of greenhouse gases, specifying additional PCA duties; authorizing the public utilities commission (PUC) to approve routing of carbon dioxide pipelines; requiring owners of certain coal fired power [...] show full description SF1490 - Property tax exemption for proposed electric generation peaking plant personal property
Latest Action: 03/15/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass and re-referred to Taxes Bill Text Exempting from the property tax personal property of a certain simple cycle combustion turbine electric generation facilities, specifying certain proposed electric generation peaking plant qualification requirements and certain exclusions (je) SF3546 - Property tax exemption for proposed electric generation peaking plant personal property
Latest Action: 03/13/2008 - Comm rpt: To pass and re-referred to Taxes Bill Text Exempting from the property tax personal property of a certain simple cycle combustion turbine electric generation facilities, specifying certain proposed electric generation peaking plant qualification requirements and certain exclusions (me) SF2081 - Nuclear powered electric generating plants certificate of need issuance prohibition elimination; legislative electric energy task force expiration date extension; nuclear energy study
Latest Action: 03/22/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to energy; eliminating a certain prohibition on issuing certificate of need for construction of new nuclear powered electric generating plants by the public utilities commission (PUC); extending the sunset for the legislative electric energy task force, authorizing the task force to contract for a study of the economic and environmental costs and benefits of constructing new nuclear powered electric generating plants (je) SF1869 - Meeker county electrical cooperative sales tax exemption restriction elimination
Latest Action: 03/14/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Eliminating a sales tax exemption limit on materials and equipment used or consumed outside a certain job development zone by a certain electrical cooperative located in Meeker county (me) SF1874 - Minneapolis Linden Hills power and light community digester and neighborhood heating and cooling demonstration project appropriation
Latest Action: 03/15/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Appropriating money to commissioner of commerce for a grant to Linden Hills power and light for a community digester and neighborhood district heating and cooling demonstration project (me) SF1414 - Monticello nuclear plant phaseout, contingency planning and storage approval
Latest Action: 03/01/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to energy; requiring the phase out of the risks and liabilities associated with commercial nuclear operations at Monticello and addressing the issues raised by the long term or permanent storage of high level nuclear waste at Monticello; specifying phase out and contingency planning requirements, requiring approval by the public utilities commission (PUC); requiring legislative approval for dry cask storage (me) SF1608 - Nuclear powered electric generating plants certificate of need issuance prohibition elimination
Latest Action: 03/07/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to energy; eliminating a certain prohibition on issuing certificate of need for construction of new nuclear powered electric generating plants by the public utilities commission (PUC) (je) SF0129 - Renewable energy standards; large energy facilities certificate of need regulation; transmission line taxation
Latest Action: 01/18/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to energy; changing renewable energy objectives to standards and specifying renewable energy standards, requiring utilities to report on standards compliance to the public utilities commission; requiring the PUC to accept findings of fact as presented by governing bodies of generation and transmission cooperative associations, municipal power agencies or power districts; requiring the PUC to establish a program for tradable renewable energy credits generated by a renewable energy technology by a certain date, specifying program requirements, allowing electric utilities to utilize renewable energy credits, requiring the PUC to facilitate renewable energy credits trading between states, specifying a limitation and renewable technology restrictions; authorizing the PUC to investigate electric supplier compliance; modifying the definition of large energy facility; regulating large energy facilities certificates [...] show full description Latest Action: 03/14/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Extending the stay of a public utilities commission (PUC) decision to approve an application for additional dry cask storage at the Monticello nuclear power generating facility (me) Latest Action: 02/07/2007 - Author stricken Rosen Bill Text "Global Warming Mitigation Act of 2007"; defining terms; establishing a greenhouse gas emissions reduction target by providing a goal to reduce state greenhouse gas emissions to a certain level by a certain date; requiring the commissioner of the pollution control agency (PCA) to adopt rules to establish a greenhouse gas reporting system for reporting statewide greenhouse gas emissions or join an existing system; requiring the PCA and the department of commerce commissioners to provide a plan to achieve reductions, providing a cap and trade system to regulate carbon dioxide emissions, establishing a fossil fuel use reduction fund; prohibiting net increase from new power plants, exception; requiring the public utilities commission (PUC) to establish a cost estimate of future carbon dioxide regulation on electricity generation; providing for enforceability (rt) SF3337 - Omnibus energy bill modifying programs, providing standards, and appropriating money.
Latest Action: 05/13/2008 - Governor's action Approval 05/12/08 Bill Text Omnibus energy bill modifying programs, providing standards, and appropriating money. SF0144 - Winona County ownership of electric power generation facilities and related powers authorized.
Latest Action: 03/24/2007 - Received from Senate Bill Text Winona County ownership of electric power generation facilities and related powers authorized. SF2775 - City notice required when customer's heat source disconnected.
Latest Action: 05/07/2008 - Governor's action Approval 05/01/08 Bill Text City notice required when customer's heat source disconnected. Latest Action: 05/21/2007 - H adopted SCC report and repassed bill Bill Text Next Generation Energy Act of 2007 adopted. SF2630 - Nuclear power plant certificate of need prohibition elimination
Latest Action: 02/14/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Permitting the public utilities commission (PUC) to issue a certificate of need for the construction of a new nuclear powered electric generating plant (me) SF1930 - Nuclear powered electric generating plants certificate of need issuance prohibition elimination
Latest Action: 03/19/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to energy; eliminating a certain prohibition on issuing certificate of need for construction of new nuclear powered electric generating plants by the public utilities commission (PUC) (je) Latest Action: 02/05/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to energy ARTICLE 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS "Next Generation Energy Act of 2007"; specifying state energy policy goals and requiring increased reliance on energy efficiency and renewable energy and fossil fuel use reduction ARTICLE 2 - RENEWABLE ENERGY Modifying renewable energy objectives and obligations, defining next generation renewable energy objectives; modifying public utilities commission (PUC) authority and regulatory obligations; allowing good faith effort for electric utilities; prescribing a penalty for noncompliance; allowing utilities a compliance payment option; requiring community energy project investment; establishing the next generation energy fund; requiring transmission owning utilities to analyze and identify transmission solutions ARTICLE 3 - COMMUNITY ENERGY Modifying the definition of community based energy project, allowing project show full description SF2545 - Public utilities commission nuclear power plant certificate of need prohibition abolishment
Latest Action: 02/14/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Abolishing the public utilities commission (PUC) large energy facility nuclear power plant certificate of need prohibition (rt) SF3758 - Power transmission lines, renewable energy obligations, and related activities and costs provisions modified.
Latest Action: 04/14/2008 - Bills not identical, R/S, SF substituted on General Register Bill Text Power transmission lines, renewable energy obligations, and related activities and costs provisions modified. Latest Action: 02/28/2007 - Governor's action Approval 02/22/07 Bill Text Renewable energy standard established. |
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