Joint Meeting: Energy and Utilities Finance and Policy Committee and House Committee on Job Growth and Energy Affordability Policy and Finance
Tuesday, January 31, 2017
1:00 PM, Room 1150, Minnesota Senate Bldg.
Minutes
Present: Senator David J. Osmek - Chair, Senator Andrew Mathews - Vice Chair, Senator D. Scott Dibble, Senator Michael P. Goggin, Senator John A. Hoffman, Senator John Marty, Senator Eric R. Pratt, Senator Julie A. Rosen, Senator David H. Senjem, Senator Erik Simonson
Absent: No Members Absent
Absent: No Members Absent
Senator David J. Osmek called the meeting to order at 1:02 pm.
Presentation on New Coal Technology - Mike Holmes, Vice President, Research and Development, Lignite Energy Council; Nathan Domyahn, Director, Peaking and Generation Engineering, Great River Energy; Brendan Jordan, Vice President, Great Plains Institute
S.F. 141: Senator Weber: Municipal electric utilities and rural electric cooperatives regulation modification.
Testifiers: Jim Horan, Director, Government Affairs & Counsel, Minnesota Rural Electric Association; Linda Laitala, East Central Energy Co-op; Deb Erickson, Minnesota Valley Electric Co-op.
Senator Rosen moved that S.F. 141, be recommended to pass and re-referred to the Finance Committee. - MOTION PREVAILED.
Senator Rosen moved that S.F. 141, be recommended to pass and re-referred to the Finance Committee. - MOTION PREVAILED.
The meeting was adjourned at 3:01 pm.
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Senator David J. Osmek, Chair |
Nicholas Morgan, Legislative Assistant |