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