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| 1 | 1 | 1.1 A bill for an act | |
| 2 | 2 | 1.2 relating to energy; appropriating money to construct a geothermal energy system. | |
| 3 | 3 | 1.3BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: | |
| 4 | 4 | 1.4 Section 1. APPROPRIATION; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY SYSTEM. | |
| 5 | 5 | 1.5 (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 116C.779, subdivision 1, paragraph (j), | |
| 6 | 6 | 1.6$2,250,000 in fiscal year 2026 is appropriated from the renewable development account | |
| 7 | 7 | 1.7established in Minnesota Statutes, section 116C.779, subdivision 1, to the commissioner of | |
| 8 | 8 | 1.8commerce for a grant to Como Zoo in the city of St. Paul to construct a geothermal energy | |
| 9 | 9 | 1.9system that provides space heating and cooling to the large cats building. | |
| 10 | 10 | 1.10 (b) For the purposes of this section, "geothermal energy system" means a system | |
| 11 | 11 | 1.11composed of a heat pump that moves a heat-transferring fluid through piping embedded in | |
| 12 | 12 | 1.12the earth and absorbs the earth's constant temperature, a heat exchanger, and ductwork to | |
| 13 | 13 | 1.13distribute heated and cooled air to a building. | |
| 14 | 14 | 1Section 1. | |
| 15 | 15 | REVISOR RSI/LJ 25-0379502/18/25 | |
| 16 | 16 | State of Minnesota | |
| 17 | 17 | This Document can be made available | |
| 18 | 18 | in alternative formats upon request | |
| 19 | 19 | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | |
| 20 | 20 | H. F. No. 1656 | |
| 21 | 21 | NINETY-FOURTH SESSION | |
| 22 | 22 | Authored by Hollins and Finke02/27/2025 | |
| 23 | 23 | The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Energy Finance and Policy |