| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to energy; requiring submission of a decommissioning and repurposing |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 plan for a scheduled retirement of an electric generation facility. |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5 Section 1. DECOMMISSIONING AND REPURPOSING PLAN FOR COAL-FIRED |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6PLANT. |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7 (a) As a part of the next resource plan filing under Minnesota Statutes, section 216B.2422, |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8subdivision 2, but no later than February 1, 2027, a public utility that owns an electric |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9generation facility that is powered by coal, scheduled for retirement in 2027 and 2031, and |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10located within the Mississippi River - St. Cloud Watershed must provide, to the extent |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11known, the public utility's plan to repurpose each unit. |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12 (b) A public utility that is subject to paragraph (a) must provide a copy of the plan and |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13timeline to the governing body of the municipality where the electric generation facility is |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14located on the same date the plan and timeline is submitted to the Public Utilities |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15Commission. |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16 (c) If a resource plan is not filed or required before February 1, 2027, the plan and |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17timeline must be submitted to the Public Utilities Commission and the municipality as a |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18separate filing by February 1, 2027. |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 20 | 20 | | REVISOR RSI/DG 25-0090401/10/25 |
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| 21 | 21 | | State of Minnesota |
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| 22 | 22 | | This Document can be made available |
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| 23 | 23 | | in alternative formats upon request |
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| 24 | 24 | | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 25 | 25 | | H. F. No. 486 |
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| 26 | 26 | | NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 27 | 27 | | Authored by Mekeland, Swedzinski, Burkel, Igo, Sexton and others02/13/2025 |
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| 28 | 28 | | The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Energy Finance and Policy |
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