1.1Senator Gruenhagen moved to amend
H.F. No. 2442, the unofficial engrossment, as
1.2follows (...):
1.3Page 12, after line 22, insert:
1.4 "Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 216B.1691, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.5 Subdivision 1.
Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have
1.6the meaning given
them.
1.7(b) "Carbon-free" means a technology that generates electricity without emitting carbon
1.8dioxide.
1.9 (c) Unless otherwise specified in law, "eligible energy technology" means an energy
1.10technology that generates electricity from the following renewable energy sources:
1.11(1) solar;
1.12(2) wind;
1.13(3) hydroelectric
with a capacity of: (i) less than 100 megawatts; or (ii) 100 megawatts
1.14or more, provided that the facility is in operation as of February 8, 2023;
1.15(4) hydrogen generated from the resources listed in this paragraph; or
1.16(5) biomass, which includes, without limitation, landfill gas; an anaerobic digester
1.17system; the predominantly organic components of wastewater effluent, sludge, or related
1.18by-products from publicly owned treatment works, but not including incineration of
1.19wastewater sludge to produce electricity; and, except as provided in subdivision 1a,
an
1.20energy recovery facility used to capture the heat value of mixed municipal solid waste
or
1.21refuse-derived fuel from mixed municipal solid waste as a primary fuel.
1.22 (d) "Electric utility" means: (1) a public utility providing electric service; (2)
a generation
1.23and transmission cooperative electric association; (3) a municipal power agency; (4)
a power
1.24district; or (5) a cooperative electric association or municipal utility providing
electric service
1.25that is not a member of an entity in clauses (2) to (4).
1.26(e) "Environmental justice area" means an area in Minnesota that, based on the most
1.27recent data published by the United States Census Bureau, meets one or more of the
following
1.28criteria:
1.29(1) 40 percent or more of the area's total population is nonwhite;
1.30(2) 35 percent or more of households in the area have an income that is at or below
200
1.31percent of the federal poverty level;
2.1(3) 40 percent or more of the area's residents over the age of five have limited English
2.2proficiency; or
2.3(4) the area is located within Indian country, as defined in United State Code, title
18,
2.4section 1151.
2.5 (f) "Total retail electric sales" means the kilowatt-hours of electricity sold in
a year by
2.6an electric utility to retail customers of the electric utility or to a distribution
utility for
2.7distribution to the retail customers of the distribution utility.
2.8EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment."
2.9Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
2.10Amend the title accordingly
2.11The motion prevailed. #did not prevail. So the amendment was #not adopted.