Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate
2023-2024 Regular Session
Report Date: November 21, 2024 6:02:29 AM
| Bill # | Senate Author | Description | Date Received | Hearing Date | Action Taken | Senate Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SF4 | Frentz | Electric utility renewable energy standard obligations modifications | 01/04/2023 | 01/25/2023 | Recommended to pass | |
| SF41 | Rest | Carbon Assessment and Dividend Act | 01/05/2023 | |||
| SF298 | Eichorn | Carbon capture and sequestration technologies state policy supporting deployment establishment | 01/17/2023 | |||
| SF299 | Eichorn | Hydroelectric capacity that qualifies as an eligible energy technology under the renewable energy standard modification | 01/17/2023 | |||
| SF315 | Hawj | Energy grantees and utilities submission of an annual diversity report requirement; | 01/17/2023 | 02/01/2023 | Laid on the table | See HF2310 |
| SF342 | Koran | Community solar garden subscribers requirement to reside in the same county as the solar garden generating facility establishment | 01/17/2023 | |||
| SF409 | Hoffman | National Sports Center solar array appropriation | 01/19/2023 | See HF2310 | ||
| SF432 | Hoffman | National Sports Center Solar Array appropriation | 01/19/2023 | 02/01/2023 | Laid on the table | See HF2310 |
| SF467 | Lang | Business compensation for loss of business opportunity resulting from sale and closure of a biomass energy plant establishment | 01/19/2023 | |||
| SF534 | Dahms | Granite Falls hydroelectric generating facility appropriation | 01/23/2023 | 02/01/2023 | Laid on the table | See HF2310 |
| SF658 | Dibble | Procedure provision to resolve disputes between public utilities and customers | 01/25/2023 | 02/08/2023 | Amended, recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on State and Local Government and Veterans | See HF2310 |
| SF658 | Dibble | Procedure provision to resolve disputes between public utilities and customers | 03/20/2023 | 02/08/2023 | Amended, recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on State and Local Government and Veterans | See HF2310 |
| SF848 | Lucero | Hydroelectric revitalization revolving loan program establishment and appropriation | 01/27/2023 | |||
| SF898 | Housley | Decommissioning and demolition plan for a scheduled retirement of an electric generation facility submission requirement | 01/27/2023 | 03/08/2023 | Laid over | See HF2310 |
| SF952 | Lucero | Prohibition abolition on issuing certificate of need for new nuclear power plant | 01/30/2023 | |||
| SF1003 | Coleman | Certain utility requirements modification | 02/01/2023 | 02/27/2023 | Amended, recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Finance | See HF2310, SF2744 |
| SF1003 | Coleman | Certain utility requirements modification | 03/20/2023 | 02/27/2023 | Amended, recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Finance | See HF2310, SF2744 |
| SF1126 | Eichorn | Eligibility amendment of small natural gas utilities to be exempt from regulation by the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission | 02/02/2023 | |||
| SF1171 | Mathews | Advanced nuclear study requirement and appropriation | 02/02/2023 | 02/08/2023 | Laid on the table | |
| SF1173 | Hauschild | Community energy transition grant program modification and appropriation | 03/01/2023 | 03/20/2023 | Recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development | See SF3035 |
| SF1180 | Pappas | Integration of weather trends in designing and operating public buildings to reduce operational costs and prevent damage from extreme weather events research appropriation | 02/02/2023 | 02/13/2023 | Amended, recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on State and Local Government and Veterans | See HF2310 |
| SF1195 | McEwen | Wilderness programs appropriation | 02/02/2023 | See HF1999 | ||
| SF1296 | Mitchell | Preference establishment for purchase of electric vehicles for state fleet; appropriating money | 02/06/2023 | 02/15/2023 | Amended, recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Transportation | See HF2310 |
| SF1296 | Mitchell | Preference establishment for purchase of electric vehicles for state fleet; appropriating money | 03/13/2023 | 02/15/2023 | Amended, recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Transportation | See HF2310 |
| SF1315 | Hauschild | Existing high-voltage direct current transmission line between North Dakota and Minnesota upgrade appropriation | 02/06/2023 | 03/01/2023 | Laid over | See HF2310 |
| SF1368 | Port | Energy code adoption modification for new commercial buildings | 03/06/2023 | 03/15/2023 | As discussed, amended and may become part of the omnibus bill | |
| SF1404 | Port | Program establishment to award grants for the installation of solar energy generating systems on public buildings | 02/08/2023 | 03/15/2023 | As discussed, amended and may become part of the omnibus bill | See HF2310 |
| SF1456 | Mathews | Incumbent electric transmission owner rights elimination | 02/09/2023 | |||
| SF1457 | Mathews | Natural gas and propane hookups ban by political subdivisions prohibition | 02/09/2023 | 03/13/2024 | Laid over | |
| SF1458 | Mathews | Local ban on new natural gas hookups prohibition in residential construction | 02/09/2023 | 03/13/2024 | Laid over | |
| SF1614 | Xiong | Energy storage systems provisions modifications and appropriation | 02/13/2023 | See HF2310 | ||
| SF1622 | Frentz | Minnesota State Competitiveness Fund establishment and appropriation | 02/13/2023 | 02/15/2023 | Amended, recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Finance | |
| SF1663 | Xiong | Certain reporting dates modification | 03/22/2023 | See HF2310 | ||
| SF1736 | Eichorn | Prohibition abolishment on issuing certificate of need for new nuclear power plant | 02/16/2023 | |||
| SF1759 | Mohamed | Energy-use goal for certain commercial and residential buildings establishment | 02/16/2023 | 03/01/2023 | Laid over | |
| SF1778 | Murphy | Contingency fund establishment to pay certain costs associated with installation of a solar photovoltaic array | 02/16/2023 | 02/27/2023 | As discussed, amended and may become part of the omnibus bill | |
| SF1783 | Dibble | Clean energy resource teams appropriation | 02/16/2023 | 02/27/2023 | As discussed, amended and may become part of the omnibus bill | See HF2310 |
| SF1787 | Xiong | Grant program establishment to upgrade electric panels in residential buildings | 02/16/2023 | 03/13/2023 | As discussed, amended and may become part of the omnibus bill | See HF2310 |
| SF1834 | Xiong | Provisions governing utilities modification | 02/20/2023 | 03/08/2023 | As discussed, amended and may become part of the omnibus bill | See HF2310 |
| SF1939 | Xiong | Limitation of use of certain designated refrigerants prohibition | 03/08/2023 | 03/08/2023 | Laid over | See SF3035 |
| SF1968 | Kunesh | Department of Commerce authorization to assist any Tribal advocacy council on energy established by the 11 federally recognized Tribes in Minnesota | 02/20/2023 | 03/06/2023 | Laid over | See HF2310 |
| SF2024 | Xiong | Uses of state supplementary weatherization grants expansion | 02/21/2023 | 03/15/2023 | Laid over | See HF2310 |
| SF2156 | Murphy | Buy Clean and Buy Fair Minnesota Act | 03/23/2023 | 03/06/2023 | Amended, recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on State and Local Government and Veterans | See HF2310 |
| SF2166 | Xiong | Natural gas utilities authorization to sell extraordinary event bonds under certain circumstances | 02/27/2023 | 03/06/2023 | Laid over | |
| SF2201 | Dibble | Energy guidelines for state buildings to incorporate provisions that address resiliency with respect to climate change requirement | 02/27/2023 | 03/13/2023 | Recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on State and Local Government and Veterans | See HF2310 |
| SF2249 | Xiong | Minnesota Energy Alley appropriation | 03/01/2023 | 03/15/2023 | As discussed, amended and may become part of the omnibus bill | See HF2310 |
| SF2257 | Hauschild | Mine vehicle electrification pilot program grant appropriation | 03/01/2023 | |||
| SF2267 | Dibble | Supplemental energy assistance fund appropriation | 03/01/2023 | 03/13/2023 | As discussed, amended and may become part of the omnibus bill | |
| SF2294 | Xiong | Solar projects at closed landfill facilities appropriation | 03/01/2023 | 03/15/2023 | Recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Capital Investment | |
| SF2295 | Mitchell | Building owners entry of energy use data into a benchmarking tool requirement; public disclosure of energy use data requirement; appropriating money | 03/01/2023 | 03/22/2023 | Amended, laid over and may become part of omnibus bill | See HF2310 |
| SF2297 | McEwen | Federally approved electric transmission line construction prevailing wage requirement | 03/01/2023 | |||
| SF2301 | Xiong | Minnesota Climate Innovation Finance establishment | 03/01/2023 | 03/13/2023 | Amended, recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on State and Local Government and Veterans | See HF2310, SF3035 |
| SF2460 | Xiong | Provisions modifications providing for a participant's compensation in certain Public Utilities Commission proceedings | 03/02/2023 | 03/06/2023 | Laid over | See HF2310 |
| SF2462 | Xiong | Microgrid research and application appropriation | 03/02/2023 | 03/13/2023 | Laid over | See HF2310 |
| SF2505 | Hoffman | Public Utility Commission authority to modify or delay implementation of standard obligations modification; separate carbon-free standard obligations for public utilities and other electric utilities establishment | 03/06/2023 | |||
| SF2510 | Xiong | Community solar garden program modification | 03/06/2023 | See HF2310 | ||
| SF2513 | Putnam | Green fertilizer production using renewable energy investment support appropriation | 03/06/2023 | 03/15/2023 | Amended, recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Broadband, and Rural Development | See HF2310 |
| SF2542 | Frentz | Omnibus Energy, Utilities, Environment and Climate policy bill | 03/06/2023 | 03/22/2023 | Amended and recommended to pass | |
| SF2542 | Frentz | Omnibus Energy, Utilities, Environment and Climate policy bill | 03/22/2023 | Amended and recommended to pass | ||
| SF2591 | McEwen | Certain entities use of public roads for the purpose of constructing, using, operating and maintaining high voltage transmission lines authorization | 03/22/2023 | See HF2887 | ||
| SF2688 | Frentz | Maximum capacity increase of community solar gardens | 03/07/2023 | 03/22/2023 | Amended, laid over and may become part of omnibus bill | |
| SF2689 | Frentz | Technical changes to the solar for schools program | 03/07/2023 | 03/15/2023 | Recommended to pass and placed on the Consent Calendar | |
| SF2689 | Frentz | Technical changes to the solar for schools program | 03/15/2023 | Recommended to pass and placed on the Consent Calendar | ||
| SF2690 | Frentz | Solar for schools program appropriation | 03/07/2023 | 03/15/2023 | Recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Finance | See HF2310 |
| SF2720 | Rasmusson | Definitions of gas and hazardous liquid addition | 03/08/2023 | 03/13/2023 | Recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on State and Local Government and Veterans | |
| SF2747 | Mitchell | Distribution system upgrades to interconnect certain distributed energy projects appropriation | 03/08/2023 | 03/22/2023 | Amended, laid over and may become part of omnibus bill | See HF2310 |
| SF2757 | McEwen | Provisions governing cogeneration modification | 03/09/2023 | 03/15/2023 | As discussed, amended and may become part of the omnibus bill | |
| SF2761 | Xiong | Solar for schools program modification | 03/09/2023 | See HF2310 | ||
| SF2775 | McEwen | Program establishment in the Department of Commerce to award rebates for the purchase and installation of residential heat pumps | 03/09/2023 | 03/15/2023 | Laid over | See HF2310 |
| SF2823 | Mathews | Feasibility study appropriation on the use of hydrogen produced by nuclear power plants in Minnesota | 03/13/2023 | 03/20/2023 | Laid over | |
| SF2824 | Mathews | Small modular reactors certificates of need authorization | 03/13/2023 | 03/20/2023 | Laid over | |
| SF2876 | Mitchell | Solar energy production incentive program extension | 03/13/2023 | 03/20/2023 | Laid over | See HF2310 |
| SF2910 | Abeler | Low-income home energy assistance appropriation | 03/15/2023 | |||
| SF2911 | Nelson | Low-income home energy assistance appropriation | 03/15/2023 | |||
| SF2936 | Mitchell | Wind energy conversion systems decommissioning authorization | 03/15/2023 | |||
| SF2948 | Hoffman | Public Utilities Commission authority to change or delay implementation of standard obligations modifications | 03/16/2023 | |||
| SF2958 | Weber | Property assessed clean energy program modifications | 03/16/2023 | 03/20/2023 | Laid over | See HF2310 |
| SF2987 | Rarick | Amend the definition of low-income household for purposes of receiving energy conservation assistance | 03/20/2023 | 03/22/2023 | Laid over | See HF2310 |
| SF2993 | Port | Permission for the public utility to file a program with the public utilities commission to promote the deployment of electric school buses | 03/20/2023 | 03/22/2023 | Amended, laid over and may become part of omnibus bill | See HF2310 |
| SF3030 | Frentz | Grant program establishment to develop distributed energy projects | 03/22/2023 | 03/27/2023 | Amended, laid over and may become part of omnibus bill | |
| SF3034 | Rasmusson | Electricity generated outside the state exemption from the requirement that a certain proportion of retail electricity be carbon-free by certain dates | 03/22/2023 | |||
| SF3055 | Pratt | Establishment of the A+ Energy Act to preserve a safe, reliable, and affordable energy system | 03/22/2023 | |||
| SF3120 | Mathews | Advanced nuclear technologies study requirement and appropriation | 03/23/2023 | 02/21/2024 | Recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Finance | |
| SF3141 | Frentz | Third-party feasibility study appropriation on using Minnesota taconite in long-term battery storage system | 03/27/2023 | See HF2310 | ||
| SF3183 | Morrison | Solar for schools program appropriation | 03/30/2023 | See HF2310 | ||
| SF3535 | Port | Commercial property assessed clean energy program modification | 02/12/2024 | 03/06/2024 | Amended and recommended to pass | See SF4942, HF5247 |
| SF3607 | Xiong | Sabathani Community Center geothermal energy system creation appropriation | 02/15/2024 | 02/21/2024 | Laid over | See SF4942, HF5247 |
| SF3637 | Marty | Plan requirement for an equitable, sustainable, and 100 percent renewable energy future that brings Minnesota's economy to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions | 02/15/2024 | |||
| SF3682 | McEwen | State agency issued permits deadline establishment for a large electric power facility that has been granted a site or route permit | 02/15/2024 | 03/11/2024 | Meeting Canceled | |
| SF3683 | McEwen | Grid enhancing technologies plan submission provision | 02/15/2024 | See SF4942, HF5247 | ||
| SF3940 | Kupec | Recycled electronic waste collection program establishment, creating an account, and appropriating money | 02/19/2024 | |||
| SF3949 | McEwen | High-voltage transmission lines construction, placement and maintenance along certain highways authorization | 02/19/2024 | 03/04/2024 | Amended, recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Transportation | See HF5247 |
| SF3959 | Marty | Rate recovery of executive pay for certain public utilities limitation | 02/19/2024 | |||
| SF4159 | Port | Individual taxpayer identification number when new customers apply for utility service requirement provision | 02/22/2024 | 03/06/2024 | Recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention | See SF4942, HF5247 |
| SF4167 | Xiong | Consumption-based greenhouse gas emissions estimates requirement | 02/26/2024 | |||
| SF4202 | Mitchell | Residential energy code adoption standards and timelines modification; residential rebate program creation; appropriating money | 03/14/2024 | 04/17/2024 | Laid over | See HF5247 |
| SF4295 | McEwen | Pollution Control Agency local climate planning and action hub establishment and appropriation | 02/26/2024 | |||
| SF4361 | Morrison | Member access to cooperative documents and meetings improvement | 02/29/2024 | |||
| SF4373 | Lucero | Electric utilities obtaining consent to install certain smart meter gateway devices requirement provision | 02/29/2024 | 03/18/2024 | Laid over | |
| SF4426 | Marty | Certain utility expenses that may not be recovered from ratepayers specification provision | 02/29/2024 | |||
| SF4562 | Rarick | Fuel-switching improvement achievement provisions modifications | 03/04/2024 | 03/20/2024 | As amended, be laid over | See SF4942, HF5247 |
| SF4579 | Dibble | Single-metered utility service in residential buildings regulations and provisions modifications | 03/04/2024 | 03/13/2024 | Amended, recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety | |
| SF4685 | Housley | Wildlife Rehabilitation Center energy improvements appropriation | 03/07/2024 | 03/27/2024 | Laid over | |
| SF4686 | McEwen | Geothermal heat exchange system rebate program and account establishment and appropriation | 03/07/2024 | 03/27/2024 | Laid over | |
| SF4687 | McEwen | Utility thermal network deployment work group establishment | 03/07/2024 | 03/20/2024 | As amended, be laid over | See SF4942, HF5247 |
| SF4740 | Klein | Dakota County energy efficient projects appropriation | 03/07/2024 | 03/20/2024 | As amended, be laid over | |
| SF4742 | McEwen | Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program establishment | 03/18/2024 | 03/20/2024 | Amended, recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Broadband, and Rural Development | See HF5247 |
| SF4760 | Mitchell | Pilot thermal energy network projects authorization | 03/07/2024 | 03/20/2024 | As amended, be laid over | See SF4942, HF5247 |
| SF4784 | Frentz | Minnesota Energy Infrastructure Permitting Act establishment, certificates of need provisions modifications, and conforming and technical changes | 03/07/2024 | 03/20/2024 | Recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy | See SF4942, HF5247 |
| SF4784 | Frentz | Minnesota Energy Infrastructure Permitting Act establishment, certificates of need provisions modifications, and conforming and technical changes | 03/20/2024 | 03/20/2024 | Recommended to pass and re-referred to the Committee on Environment, Climate, and Legacy | See SF4942, HF5247 |
| SF4794 | Dibble | Renewable Energy Certificate Tracking System appropriation | 03/11/2024 | 03/13/2024 | Laid over | |
| SF4802 | Rest | Carbon assessment and Dividend Act (CADA) establishment, provisions, and appropriation | 03/11/2024 | |||
| SF4849 | Port | Geothermal energy systems installation feasibility assessment grants to political subdivisions program establishment and appropriation | 03/11/2024 | 03/27/2024 | Laid over | See SF4942, HF5247 |
| SF4863 | Rest | Ongoing grant program establishment for renewable energy projects | 03/11/2024 | 03/27/2024 | Laid over | |
| SF4889 | Mitchell | City of Shakopee anaerobic digestor energy system appropriation | 03/13/2024 | 03/27/2024 | Laid over | See SF4942, HF5247 |
| SF4900 | Lucero | Customer permission to decline the installation of an advanced energy meter | 03/13/2024 | |||
| SF4943 | Frentz | Department of Commerce various provisions technical and housekeeping modifications | 03/13/2024 | 03/18/2024 | Laid over | See SF4942, HF5247 |
| SF5033 | Green | Cooperative electric associations exemption from clean and renewable energy standards | 03/18/2024 | |||
| SF5060 | Marty | Routing permits for pipelines that carry carbon dioxide issuance prohibition | 03/18/2024 | |||
| SF5271 | Port | Program establishment to award financial incentives to permitting authorities that install an automated software system to review and issue permits for residential solar energy projects | 04/02/2024 | 04/17/2024 | Laid over | See SF4942, HF5247 |
| SF5395 | Xiong | Initiation requirement of a proceeding at the Public Utilities Commission regarding cost allocation of distribution system upgrades | 04/09/2024 | See SF4942, HF5247 | ||
| SF5448 | Kunesh | Shared-metered utility service in residential buildings regulations provisions | 04/18/2024 | |||
| SF5495 | Mathews | Electric generation facility decommissioning and repurposing plan for a scheduled retirement submission requirement | 04/30/2024 | |||
| SF5502 | Eichorn | Brainerd certain energy efficiency projects appropriation | 05/01/2024 | |||
| SF5533 | McEwen | Energy performance standards requirements for certain buildings provisions and appropriation | 05/17/2024 |