| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to energy; appropriating money for a geothermal energy system at |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 Macalester College. |
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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. APPROPRIATION; MACALESTER COLLEGE GEOTHERMAL |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6ENERGY SYSTEM. |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7 (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 116C.779, subdivision 1, paragraph (j), |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8$2,570,000 in fiscal year 2026 is appropriated from the renewable development account |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9under Minnesota Statutes, section 116C.779, subdivision 1, to the commissioner of commerce |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10for a grant to Macalester College in St. Paul to construct an aquifer-based geothermal energy |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11system that provides space heating and cooling to a new campus residence hall and welcome |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12center, with the capacity for future expansion to serve as a district heating and cooling plant |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13for all campus buildings north of Grand Avenue. The appropriation under this section is |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14available until expended. |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15 (b) For purposes of this section, "aquifer-based geothermal energy system" means a |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16system composed of wells that access underground aquifers, heat pumps that transfer thermal |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17energy between buildings and the aquifer, heat exchangers, and associated distribution |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18infrastructure. |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 20 | 20 | | 25-04624 as introduced03/20/25 REVISOR RSI/MI |
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| 21 | 21 | | SENATE |
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| 22 | 22 | | STATE OF MINNESOTA |
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| 23 | 23 | | S.F. No. 3211NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 24 | 24 | | (SENATE AUTHORS: CHAMPION) |
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| 25 | 25 | | OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE |
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| 26 | 26 | | Introduction and first reading04/01/2025 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Referred to Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate |
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