Senate/House Bills:
2007 Bill Introductions
SF 4 (Anderson, Kubly, Prettner Solon, Resen, Doll): A bill to establish a Renewable Energy Standard for electricity of 25% by 2025; including substantial financial penalties.
SF 4 Status: Signed by Governor 2/22/07.
SF 144 (Erickson Ropes, Rest, Prettner Solon, Gimse & Jungbauer) / HF 1945 (Tschumper, Liebling): Authorizing counties to own and operate their own electric power generation facilities.
SF 144 Status: Introduced 1/18/07; referred to Senate Energy, Utilities, Technology & Communications. Committee reports To Pass as amended; referred to State & Local Government Operations & Oversight 3/12/07. Committee reports To Pass as amended; second reading 3/19/07. Passed Senate (65-0) 3/23/07. Referred to House Local Government and Metropolitan Affairs 3/24/07.
HF 1945 Status: Introduced and referred to Local Government & Metropolitan Affairs 3/12/07. See SF 144.
SF 145 (Prettner Solon, Metzen, Senjem, Anderson & Rosen) / HF 436 (Hilty, Ruud, Westrom, Gunther, A. Peterson): The Governor-backed bill to: (1) commission a statewide study on the potential of developing more CBED projects, increasing transmission for CBED, mapping out wind to determine the best place to put in CBED; (2) assign interconnection costs for CBED to the distribution facilities; (3) 25% of the REO must come from CBED; (4) the PUC shall establish annual energy savings goals for each utility so that it requires savings of at least 1.5% by 2010 and each year thereafter; (5) no CON may be issued for a large energy facility unless the owner has offset the carbon by sequestration, buying sufficient carbon credits, or otherwise offsetting through vegetation/agrarian sequestration; and (6) commission a stakeholders group to determine the best way to continue carbon reduction in the future.
SF 145 Status: Signed by Governor 5/30/07.
SF 192 (Anderson, Rosen, Rummel, Prettner Solon, Clark) / HF 375 (Ruud, Wagenious, Knuth, Ozment, Hilty): A bill to curb green house gases by requiring all utilities cap CO2, prohibiting, among other things, no new emissions from generation plants. Essentially, it requires 100% CO2 offsets for all new generation facilities.
SF 192 Status: Introduced and referred to Energy, Utilities, Technology & Communications 1/22/07. Author stricken (Rosen) 2/7/07. Set for testimony 2/20/07 and 2/22/07. Failed to meet Senate deadlines.
HF 375 Status: Introduced 1/29/07; referred to Environment and Natural Resources. Set for testimony 3/1/07. Passed Committee on voice vote 3/6/07. Referred to House Energy & Finance. Amended to exclude natural gas peaking facilities from "no backslide" provision. Passed House Energy & Finance (13-6) 3/15/07. Referred to House General Register.
SF 239 (Sheran, Anderson, Prettner Solon): HF 472 (Morrow, Hortman): A bill to extend the eligibility period for the state Renewable Energy Production Incentive (REPI).
SF 239 Status: Signed by Governor 4/20/07.
SF 481 (Marty, Carlson, Skogen) / HF 863: (Hortman, Tschumper, Faust, Hornstein, Liebling): A bill to adopt California standards on automobile emissions.
SF 481 Status: Introduced and referred to Environmental and Natural Resources 2/1/07. Committee report To Pass as amended; referred to State & Local Government Operations and Oversight 3/13/08. Committee report with no recommendation; referred to Transportation 3/17/08. Committee report To Pass as amended; referred to Business, Industry & Jobs 3/18/08.
HF 863 Status: Introduced and referred to Environment and Natural Resources 2/12/07. Committee report To Pass as Amended 2/18/08; referred to Governmental Operations, Reform, Technology & Elections. Committee report To Pass; re-referred to Commerce and Labor 2/28/08. Committee report To Pass as amended; referred to Finance 3/17/08. Referred by Chair to Environment & Natural Resources Finance Division 3/17/08. Division reports To Pass as amended; returned to Finance Committee 3/25/08. Committee report To Pass as amended; referred to Ways and Means 4/30/08.
SF 563 (Doll, Latz, Betzold) / HF 660 (Bly, Hilty, Kalin): Requiring the commissioner of employment and economic development, with the MPUC, to develop a strategy to obtain the maximum economic benefit for the state from development of renewable energy and to report findings to the legislature by 8/1/07.
SF 563 Status: Signed by Governor 5/21/07.
SF 997 (Dibble, Prettner Solon, Anderson, Rosen, Metzen) / HF 1221 (Kalin, Hilty, A. Peterson, Kranz, Hansen): A bill to require a statewide energy savings goal of 1.5 percent per year.
SF 997 Status: Introduced and referred to Energy, Utilities, Technology & Communications 2/19/07. Amended to provide that the DOC may set the energy savings goal at 1%. Committee report To Pass as amended; re-referred to Finance 3/12/07. Finance Committee reports To Pass as amended; second reading 3/29/07. Third reading 3/30/07. Passed Senate (64-1) 3/30/07. Referred to House Ways and Means 4/2/07. Committee report To Pass; second reading 5/16/07. See SF 145. Article 4.
SF 1200 (Prettner Solon) / HF 1453 (Hilty, Bly): Requiring public utilities (IOUs) to report monthly information regarding residential accounts.
SF 1200 Status: Introduced and referred to Energy, Utilities, Technology & Communications 2/26/07. Committee report To Pass; second reading 3/19/07. Committee report To Pass; second reading 3/19/07. General Orders, To Pass 4/16/07. Third reading; Passed Senate (62-1) 4/18/07. Sent to House; compared to HF 1453. SF 1200 substituted for HF 1453 4/19/07. Second reading 4/19/07.
HF 1453 Status: Introduced and referred to Energy Finance & Policy Division 2/26/07. Committee report To Pass; second reading 3/20/07. SF 1200 substituted for HF 1453 4/19/07.
SF 1205 (Sheran, Rosen, Vickerman, Senjem, Tomassoni) / HF 1455 (Morrow, Brynaert, Magnus, Poppe, Gunther): A bill to establish a rural renewable energy initiative; to appropriate funds to set up a grant program with universities and businesses to develop renewable energy (biomass, switch grass) for rural Minnesota.
SF 1205 Status: Introduced and referred to Business, Industry & Jobs 2/26/07. Committee report To Pass as amended; re-referred to Finance 3/12/07.
HF 1455 Status: Introduced and referred to Energy Finance & Policy Division 2/26/07. Division action, To Pass; returned to Finance 3/23/07. Referred by Chair to Education Finance & Economic Competitiveness Finance Division; referred by Chair to Higher Education and Work Force Development Policy & Finance Division 3/23/07.
SF 1244 (Anderson, Vickerman, Dille, Kubly, Frederickson) / HF 1214 (Knuth, A. Peterson, Hilty, Ozment, Otremba): A bill to require the Institute for Renewable Energy and the Environment at the University of Minnesota to grant funds to a nonprofit organization to implement a program to promote CBED projects by identifying target communities with good wind resources, providing legal or financial services, creating market opportunities, and to assist in MISO interconnection studies.
SF 1244 Status: Introduced and referred to Business, Industry & Jobs 2/26/07. Committee reports To Pass; re-referred to Energy, Utilities, Technology & Communications 3/5/07. Committee report to Pass as amended; re-referred to Finance 3/12/07. Passed as part of SF 2096 (Article 2, Section 3, Subdivision 6; and Article 2, Section 29); Signed by Governor 5/9/07.
SF 1335 (Olseen) / HF 1770 (Sailer, Clark, Hilty): A bill restricting disconnects due to non-payment, if the customer meets certain income guidelines.
SF 1335 Status: Introduced and referred to Energy, Utilities, Technology and Communications 2/28/07. Committee report To Pass as amended; second reading 3/19/07. General Orders: To Pass 4/10/07. Third reading and Passed Senate (63-1) 4/12/07. SF 1335 substituted for HF 1770 on General Register. Second reading in the House 4/13/07.
HF 1770 Status: Introduced and referred to Energy Finance & Policy Division 3/7/07. Committee report To Pass as amended; second reading 3/20/07. SF 1335 substituted for HF 1770.
SF 1363 (Carlson) / HF 1679 (Johnson, Walker, Hilty): A bill modifying when a utility shall offer a payment agreement for the payment of current and past due utility bills due to financial circumstances.
SF 1363 Status: Introduced and referred to Energy, Utilities, Technology & Communications 2/28/7. Committee report To Pass as amended; second reading 3/19/07. General Orders: To Pass 4/12/07. Third reading in Senate; Passed Senate (52-0) 4/16/07. Sent to House; compared to HF 1679. SF 1363 substituted for HF 1679 4/17/07. Second reading 4/17/07.
HF 1679 Status: Introduced and referred to Energy Finance & Policy Division 3/5/07. Committee report To Pass as amended; second reading 3/20/07.
SF 1414 (Kubly, Frederickson, Caaudhary, Doll, Carlson) / HF 1513 (Hausman, Clark, Hornstein, Wagenius, Slocum): A bill to phase out the Monticello nuclear plant and provide contingency planning and storage approval.
SF 1414 Status: Referred to Energy, Utilities, Technology and Communications 3/1/07.
HF 1513 Status: Referred to Finance; referred by Chair to Energy Finance and Policy Division 3/1/07.
SF 1491 (Jungbauer) / HF 1740 (Peppin): A bill to allow nuclear energy in Minnesota.
SF 1491 Status: Introduced 3/5/07; referred to Energy, Utilities, Technology & Communications.
HF 1740 Status: Introduced 3/7/07; referred to Energy Finance & Policy Division.
SF 1586 (Tomassoni, Sparks, Koch) / HF 2307 (Hilty, Dill): A bill directing the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency to open a rulemaking docket on reducing greenhouse gases.
SF 1586 Status: Introduction and first reading; referred to Environment and Natural Resources 3/7/07.
HF 2307 Status: Introduction and first reading; referred to Energy Finance & Policy Division 3/22/07.
SF 1783 (Chaudhary, Skogen, Fredrickson, Kubly, Pariseau) / HF 1786 (Hansen, Juhnke, Gunther, A. Peterson, Poppe, Brown, Ozment, Scalze): A bill to appropriate money for a carbon sequestration demonstration project and authorize the sale and issuance of state bonds.
SF 1783 Status: Indruduced and referred to Finance 3/12/07.
HF 1786 Status: Introduced and referred to Finance; referred by Chair to Environmental and Natural Resources Finance Division 3/7/07. Referred by Chair to Capital Investment Finance Division 3/8/07. Referred to Watersheds, Wetlands and Buffers Subcommittee 2/14/08.
SF 1794 (Kubly, Anderson, Frederickson) / HF 1897 (Hilty, Kahn): A bill to extend the stay imposed on Public Utilities Commission decisions to extend dry cask storage at Monticello nuclear facility.
SF 1794 Status: Introduced and referred to Energy, Utilities, Technology & Communications 3/14/07.
HF 1897 Status: Introduced and referred to Energy Finance & Policy Division 3/12/07.
SF 1998 (Anderson, Rosen, Rummel) / HF 2218 (Slocum, Hilty, Bly): A bill specifying conditions and procedures for the payment of compensation to certain eligible intervenors in utility proceedings by the Public Utilities Commission.
SF 1998 Status: Introduced and referred to Energy, Utilities, Technology and Communications 3/21/07. Committee report To Pass as amended; re-referred to State & Local Government Operations and Oversight 4/11/07. Committee report To Pass: second reading 4/16/07. General Orders: To Pass 4/18/07. Third reading; Passed Senate (59-5) 4/23/07. Sent to House; compared with HF 2218. SF 1998 substituted for HF 2218. Second reading in House 4/25/07.
HF 2218 Status: Introduced and referred to Energy Finance and Policy Division 3/19/07. Committee reports To Pass as amended; second reading 3/27/07. SF 1998 substituted for HF 2218.
SF 2084 (Kubly) / HF 2253 (A. Peterson, Bly, Hilty, Tschumper, Kalin, Westrom): A bill to modify provisions of community-based energy development (C-BED) projects, regulate renewable energy projects, require Public Utilities Commission policies, authorize wind energy permits, and repeal renewable energy option program sunset.
SF 2084 Status: Introduced and referred to Energy, Utilities, Technology and Communications 3/22/07. See SF 145.
HF 2253 Status: Introduced and referred to Finance; referred by Chair to Energy Finance and Policy Division 3/20/07. Division recommends To Pass as amended; returned to Finance 3/21/07. Committee report, To Pass as amended; re-referred to Ways and Means 4/27/07. Committee report To Pass; second reading 5/1/07. See SF 145.
SF 2221 (Anderson, Kubly): A bill to limit wind easement options to 5 years.
SF 2221 Status: Introduction and first reading, referred to Judiciary 4/11/07.
SF 2358 (Dibble) / HF 1951 (Knuth, Kalin, Hortman, Hilty, Ozment): A bill to appropriate money for grants to encourage energy efficient design and construction for local and municipal government and schools.
SF 2358 Status: Introduction and referred to Finance 5/21/07. Laid over for possible inclusion in bonding bill 2/19/08.
HF 1951 Status: Introduced and referred to Finance; re-referred to Capital Investment Finance Division 3/12/07. Author added 2/14/08--Davnie. Referred to Energy Finance & Policy Division 1/22/08. Laid over as amended for possible inclusion in bonding bill 2/13/08.
SF 2364 (Carlson, Doll) / HF 2552 (Knuth): A bill to prohibit homeowner associations from restricting use of solar energy systems.
SF 2364 Status: Introduced 2/12/08; referred to Judiciary.
HF 2552 Status: Introduced 5/21/07; referred to Energy Finance & Policy Division.
2008 Bill Introductions
SF 2545 (Dille, Murphy): A bill to repeal the nuclear energy prohibition.
SF 2545 Status: Introduced 2/14/08; referred to Energy, Utilities, Technology & Communications.
SF 2630 (Senjem, Rosen): A bill to repeal the nuclear energy prohibition.
SF 2630 Status: Introduced 2/14/08; referred to Energy, Utilities, Technology & Communications.
SF 2657 (Skogen) / HF 3177 (Simpson): A bill to give a tax credit to owners of wind generators under 10 kilowatts.
SF 2657 Status: Introduced 2/14/08; referred to Energy, Utilities, Technology & Communications. Committee hearing set for 3/11/08. Committee report To Pass; referred to Taxes 3/11/08.
HF 3177 Status: Introduced 2/18/08; referred to Taxes.
SF 2706 (Prettner Solon) / HF 3401 (Hilty): Implementing Sustainable Building 2030; building performance standards.
SF 2706 Status: Introduced 2/14/08; referred to Energy, Utilities, Technology & Communications. Committee report To Pass as amended; referred to State & Local Government Operations & Oversight 2/28/08. Committee amended and recommended To Pass 3/5/08. Second reading 3/10/08. Passed Senate (47-13); referred to House Finance 3/31/08. Committee report To Pass as amended; referred to Ways & Means 4/7/08. Committee report To Pass; second reading on House floor 4/23/08. Third reading; passed House as amended (109-20) 4/30/08. Presented to Governor 5/5/08.
HF 3401 Status: Introduced 2/25/08; referred to Finance. Referred by Chair to Energy Finance & Policy Division 2/25/08. Committee laid over as amended for possible inclusion in omnibus bill 2/27/08. Division report To Pass as amended and returned to Finance 3/12/08.
SF 2749 (Kubly) / HF 3343 (Juhnke): Allows wind developers to aggregate to purchase wind turbines together and sets of the WECS (wind energy conversion system)--an agency to provide application programs, to set eligibility requirements, and to coordinate agreements between turbine manufactures and developers.
SF 2749 Status: Introduced and referred to Energy, Utilities, Technology & Communications 2/18/08. Committee report To Pass as amended; referred to State & Local Government Operations & Oversight 2/28/08. Set for hearing 3/7/08. Committee reports To Pass and referred to Finance 3/10/08. Referred from Finance to Environment, Energy & Natural Resources Budget Division 3/11/08. Placed in Omnibus Energy Bill SF 3337.
HF 3343 Status: Introduced and referred to Finance 2/21/08. Referred by Chair to Energy Finance & Policy Division. Division reports To Pass as amended, referred to Finance 2/27/08. Amended to require a yearly report by Department of Commerce on WECS' progress; requires utilities pay an assessment of up to $100,000 to fund the DOC's/WECS' work. Committee report To Pass as amended; referred to Ways & Means 4/7/08. Committee report To Pass; second reading on House floor 4/21/08. Placed in Omnibus Energy Bill SF 3337.
SF 2818 (Anderson, Chaudhary, Murphy, Prettner-Solon; Pogemiller) / HF 3195 (Knuth, Wagenius): A bill to establish certain parameters for a greenhouse gas emissions cap and trade program; calls for 100 percent auction of allowances.
SF 2818 Status: Introduced 2/18/08 and referred to Senate Environment and Natural Resources. Passed committee without recommendation, as amended 2/27/08. Referred to Energy, Utilities, Technology and Communications. Passed Senate Energy, Utilities Committee as amended--no longer calls for 100 percent auction and requires a study of economic impacts; referred to State & Local Government Operations and Oversight 3/4/08; set for hearing 3/7/08. Committee report To Pass as amended, referred to Business, Industry & Jobs 3/10/08. Set for hearing 3/17/08. Committee reports To Pass; referred to Finance 3/17/08. Referred to Environment, Energy & Natural Resources Budget Division. Division report To Pass as amended; referred to Finance 4/1/08. Committee report To Pass as amended; referred to Rules & Administration 4/10/08. Committee report To Pass as amended; second reading on Senate floor 4/16/08. Passed Senate (42-20) 4/23/08. HF 3195 substituted for SF 2818.
HF 3195 Status: Introduced and referred to Environment & Natural Resources 2/18/08. Informational hearing held 2/26/08. Amended consistent with SF 2818; Passed committee and referred to House Commerce Committee 3/4/08. Committee report To Pass as amended; Referred to Finance 3/17/08. Referred by Chair to Energy Finance & Policy Division 3/17/08. Amended to be consistent with SF 2818; committee recommends passage 4/3/08. Committee report To Pass as amended; referred to Ways & Means 4/7/08. Committee report To Pass; second reading on House floor 4/21/08. Passed House as amended (91-38) 4/23/08. Received by Senate and referred to Rules and Administration 4/24/08. Rules and Administration compared to SF 2818; HF 3195 substituted for SF 2818 4/28/08. Passed Senate as amended (43-21) 4/30/08. House non concur with Senate amendments; sent to conference committee 5/1/08. Conference committee assigned -- Representatives Knuth, A. Peterson, Berns and Senators Anderson, Kubly, Frederickson 5/1/08.
SF 2869 (Bakk) / HF 3149 (Lenczewski): Omnibus tax bill; includes reclassification of transmission and generation property for personal property taxation (increasing taxes).
SF 2869 Status: Introduced and referred to Taxes 2/20/08. Committee report To Pass as amended 3/27/08. Second reading 3/27/08. Passed Senate (39-28) 4/3/08. Tabled 4/3/08. See also SF 3631, Art. 3, Section 4 (for school funding only).
HF 3149 Status: Introduced and first reading; referred to Taxes 2/18/08. Committee report to Pass as amended; referred to Ways and Means 4/30/08. Committee report To Pass as amended; second reading on House floor 5/1/08. Passed House as amended (80-52) 5/5/08. First reading in Senate 5/7/08.
SF 2935 (Bakk) / HF 3201 (Lenczewski, Simpson): An omnibus tax bill that raises taxes paid on transmission in Minnesota.
SF 2935 Status: Introduced 2/21/08; referred to Taxes. See HF 3201.
HF 3201 Status: Introduced 2/18/08; referred to Taxes. Committee report To Pass as amended; referred to Ways & Means 2/21/08. Committee report To Pass as amended 2/25/08. Second reading 2/25/08. Third reading; motion to refer to K-12 Finance Division 3/3/08; motion failed (47-85). Bill passed House (81-51); referred to Senate Taxes committee. Passed Taxes 3/5/08. Second reading in Senate 3/6/08. Amended to delete transmission class change. Passed Senate (63-2) 3/6/08. House concurred (132-1) 3/6/08. Governor approval 3/7/08.
SF 2949 (Rosen) / HF 3334 (Magnus): A bill to set up a local renewable energy initiative and microenergy loan program and appropriation.
SF 2949 Status: Introduced and referred to Energy, Utilities, Technology & Communications 2/21/08. Set for hearing 3/6/08. Committee report To Pass; referred to Finance 3/10/08. Set for hearing 3/11/08. See also SF 3096, sections 4-5.
HF 3334 Status: Introduced and referred to Finance 2/21/08. Referred to Energy Finance & Policy Division. Laid over by committee 2/25/08. Without recommendation, Division returned bill to Finance 3/14/08. Referred by Chair to Capital Investment Finance Division 3/18/08.
SF 2981 (Sparks) / HF 3580 (Brown): A bill to add waste heat recovery to the RES as an acceptable technology.
SF 2981 Status: Introduced 2/21/08; referred to Energy, Utilities, Technology & Communications.
HF 3580 Status: Introduced 2/28/08; referred to Energy Finance & Policy Division.
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SF 3066 (Olseen) / HF 3291 (Kalin): Sales tax exemption for cities.
SF 3066 Status: Introduced 2/25/08; referred to Taxes.
HF 3291 Status: Introduced 2/20/08; referred to Taxes.
SF 3089 (Dahle) / HF 2946 (Hansen): Including strategic tree planting for CIP programs.
SF 3089 Status: Introduced 2/25/08; referred to Energy, Utilities, Technology & Communications. Set for hearing 3/6/08. Committee report To Pass; second reading in Senate 3/10/08. Passed Senate (63-1) 4/3/08. Received by House; referred for comparison to House companion bill HF 2946 4/7/08. SF 3089 substituted for HF 2946 in House. SF 3089 received second reading in House 4/10/08. Placed in Omnibus Energy Bill SF 3337.
HF 2946 Status: Introduced 2/14/08; referred to Energy Finance & Policy Division. Laid over by committee 2/25/08. Committee report To Pass as amended 3/17/08; second reading on House floor 3/17/08. Referred for comparison to Senate companion bill SF 3089 4/7/08. SF 3089 substituted for HF 2946. Placed in Omnibus Energy Bill SF 3337.
SF 3096 (Dibble) / HF 3669 (Kalin): Requires the Dept. of Commerce to contract with a Minnesota not-for-profit to offer voluntary energy efficiency programs to state agencies & local government.
SF 3096 Status: Introduced and referred to Energy, Utilities, Technology & Communications 2/25/08. Committee report To Pass as amended; referred to Finance 2/28/08. Committee report To Pass; second reading on House floor 4/21/08. Passed Senate (55-7) 4/28/08. Referred to House floor; referred for comparison to HF 3669 4/28/08 SF 3096 substituted for HF 3669; second reading 4/30/08.
HF 3669 Status: Introduced and referred to Finance; referred by Chair to Energy Finance & Policy Division 3/3/08. Division action, To Pass as amended and returned to Finance 3/5/08. Committee report To Pass as amended; second reading in House 4/7/08. SF 3096 substituted for House bill. See SF 3096.
SF 3120 (Betzold) / HF 3367 (Pelowski): Requiring closed meetings be recorded.
SF 3120 Status: Introduced 2/25/08; referred to State & Local Government Operations & Oversight. Set for hearing 3/7/08. Committee report To Pass as amended; referred to Judiciary 3/10/08. Amended to allow for award of attorney fees for violation of the recording requirement. Committee report To Pass as amended; second reading on Senate floor 3/17/08. HF 3367 substituted for Senate bill 5/1/08.
HF 3367 Status: Introduced 2/25/08; referred to Public Safety & Civil Justice. Motion to recall and re-referred to Governmental Operations, Reform, Technology & Elections 3/4/08. Committee report To Pass as amended; referred to Public Safety & Civil Justice 3/13/08. Committee report To Pass as amended; second reading in House 3/19/08. Placed on Calendar for the Day 4/17/08. Substituted for Senate bill SF 3120; second reading 5/1/08.
SF 3160 (Kubly) / HF 3585 (Koenen): Expanding the selling powers of CBED owners. Authorizes all counties and the Met council to own interests in wind energy conversion systems.
SF 3160 Status: Introduced 2/28/08; referred to Energy, Utilities, Technology & Communications. Set for hearing 3/11/08. Committee report To Pass as amended; referred to State & Local Government Operations and Oversight 3/11/08. Committee report To Pass, referred to Taxes 3/19.08. Committee report To Pass as amended; second reading on Senate floor 4/10/08. HF 3585 substituted for the Senate bill 5/2/08.
HF 3585 Status: Introduced 2/28/08; referred to Energy Finance & Policy Division. Committee report To Pass as amended; referred to Local Government & Metropolitan Affairs 3/10/08. Committee report To Pass as amended; referred to Taxes 3/17/08. Committee report To Pass; second reading on House floor 4/21/08. Third reading and Passed House as amended (95-35) 4/30/08. Compared to Senate bill SF 3160. HF 3585 substituted for Senate bill; second reading in Senate 5/5/08.
SF 3209 (Dille): A resolution asking the US Congress/President to support nuclear energy.
SF 3209 Status: Introduced 2/28/08; referred to Energy, Utilities, Technology & Communications.
SF 3210 (Sieben) / HF 3302 (Atkins): Requiring written materials for a closed meeting to be kept at least 8 years.
SF 3210 Status: Introduced 2/28/08; referred to Judiciary.
HF 3302 Status: Introduced 2/21/08; referred to Public Safety & Civil Justice. Committee report To Pass as amended; second reading 3/19.08.
SF 3337 (Prettner Solon) / HF 3661 (Hilty): A bill to require the Department of Commerce to set forth an annual plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
SF 3337 Status: Introduced 3/3/08; referred to Energy, Utilities, Technology & Communications. Committee report To Pass as amended 3/6/08. Second reading 3/6/08. Passed Senate (52-14) 4/3/08. Passed Senate (52-14) 4/3/08. Referred to House Finance; recalled for comparison with companion bill HF 3661 4/7/08. SF 3337 substituted for HF 3661; second reading; Motion to refer to Finance prevailed; referred to Finance Committee 4/10/08. Significantly amended in Finance Committee to become Omnibus Energy Bill. Bill now includes: provision to require a certain amount of solar to meet the RES, tree planting and thermal solar counting toward energy-efficienty savings, and other provisions. Committee report To Pass as amended; referred to Ways & Means 4/16/08. Committee report To Pass; second reading on House floor 4/21/08. Motion to re-refer to Public Safety & Civil Justice committee; motion failed. Passed by House as amended (109-22) 4/23/08. Senate non concur with House amendments 4/24/08. Conference committee appointed: Senators Prettner Solon, Doll, Rosen, Anderson Sparks and Representatives Hilty, Johnson, Sailer, Brynaert, Westrom 4/28/08.
HF 3661 Status: Introduced 3/3/08; referred to Energy Finance & Policy Division. Division reports To Pass as amended; returned to Finance 3/19/08. Committee report To Pass as amended; referred for comparison with companion bill SF 3337 4/7/08. SF 3337 substituted for HF 3661 4/10/08. Indefinitely postponed; See SF 3337.
SF 3341 (Jungbauer) / HF 3718 (Hornstein): The Business Energy Accountability Act of 2008; requiring the Department of Commerce to create an energy inventory form so businesses can enter information to find their greenhouse gas emissions/carbon footprint. It also requires municipalities make the form available electronically or in another format to local businesses.
SF 3341 Status: Introduced 3/3/08; referred to Energy, Utilities, Technology & Communications. Set for hearing 3/11/08. Committee report To Pass as amended; referred to Business, Industry & Jobs 3/11/08. Committee report To Pass; second reading 3/25/08. Passed Senate (61-5) 4/3/08. Referred for comparison to companion bill HF 3718 4/7/08. SF 3341 substituted for HF 3718; second reading of SF 3341 in House 4/10/08. See also SF 3857, section 2.
HF 3718 Status: Introduced 3/3/08; referred to Local Government & Metropolitan Affairs. Committee report To Pass; second reading on House floor 3/17/08. Committee report To Pass; second reading on House floor 3/17/08. Referred for comparison to companion bill SF 3341 4/7/08. SF 3341 substituted for HF 3718.
SF 3380 (Olseen) / HF 3717 (Kalin): Requires Certificates of Needs for large energy facilities to provide notice to each local unit of government within the proposed route area, at least 120 days before the certificate filing.
SF 3380 Status: Introduced and referred to Energy, Utilities, Technology & Communications 3/3/08.
HF 3717 Status: Introduced and referred to Energy Finance & Policy Division 3/3/08. Committee report To Pass as amended; referred to Local Government & Metropolitan Affairs 3/10/08. Committee report To Pass as amended; second reading on House floor 3/17/08.
SF 3393 (Berglin) / HF 3293 (Clark): A bill to require the Pollution Control Agency analyze cumulative pollution effects in a geographical area around a facility before issuing a permit.
SF 3393 Status: Introduced and referred to Senate Environment & Natural Resources 3/3/08. Set for hearing 3/10/08. Amended, laid over and may become part of omnibus energy bill. See also SF 3385, Article 1, Section 3.
HF 3293 Status: Introduced 2/20/08; referred to Environment & Natural Resources. Amended to only apply to class I cities with high incidents of asthma or other illnesses, with a superfund site, with more that 13 MPCA permits 3/4/08. Passed Committee 3/4/08. Amended substantially to only apply to EPA superfund site areas, with a majority of low-income residents, with at least 13 air quality danger alerts in one year and has heavy road traffic. Second reading in House 3/10/08. Referred by Chair to Environment & Natural Resources Finance Division 3/18/08. Division reports To Pass as amended; returned to Finance Committee 3/25/08.
SF 3483 (Tomassoni) / HF 3880 (Beard): Prohibiting a Certificate of Need be issued for new generation facilities using natural gas as the sole source of fuel.
SF 3483 Status: Introduced and referred to Energy, Utilities, Technology & Communications 3/5/08.
HF 3880 Status: Introduced and referred to Energy Finance & Policy Division 3/6/08.
SF 3517 (Olseen) / HF 3540 (Gardner): A bill to allow a percentage of CIP expenditures to be spent on projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions from solid waste management.
SF 3517 Status: Introduced 3/6/08; referred to Environment & Natural Resources.
HF 3540 Status: Introduced 2/28/08; referred to Environment & Natural Resources. Committee report To Pass as amended, referred to Energy Finance & Policy Division 3/10/08. Committee report To Pass as amended, referred to Finance 3/13/08. Referred by Chair to Environment & Natural Resources Finance Division.
SF 3520 (Prettner Solon) / HF 3879 (Hilty): A bill to remove the statutory requirement that land leased for wind development must be developed within 7 years.
SF 3520 Status: Introduced and referred to Energy, Utilities, Technology & Communications 3/6/08. Hearing set 3/13/08. Committee report To Pass as amended; amended to repeal 216C.051(8)(a)--requiring the Manitoba Hydro project to make certain reports to the Minnesota legislature each year. Second reading in Senate 3/17/08. Passed Senate as amended (57-7); referred to House Energy Finance & Policy Division 4/28/08.
HF 3879 Status: Introduced and referred to Energy Finance & Policy Division 3/6/08.
SF 3528 (Rummel) / HF 3843 (Brynaert): Require a certain percentage of the RES come from solar energy.
SF 3528 Status: Introduced 3/6/08; referred to Energy, Utilities, Technology & Communications. Set for hearing 3/18/08. Failed to pass (7-7) 3/18/08.
HF 3843 Status: Introduced 3/5/08; referred to Energy Finance & Policy Division. Committee report To Pass as amended; second reading on House floor 3/17/08. Placed in Omnibus Energy Bill SF 3337. Did not remain in conference committee report for SF 3337 5/2/08.
SF 3539 (Anderson) / HF 3999 (Kalin): Requiring the Department of Economic Development to pursue projects that increase renewable energy, increase energy efficiency and decrease greenhouse gases in bringing new jobs/industry to Minnesota and to report progress to the legislature.
SF 3539 Status: Introduced 3/6/08; referred to Business, Industry & Jobs. Committee report To Pass as amended and referred to Energy, Utilities, Technology & Communications 3/10/08. Committee report To Pass and referred to Finance 3/11/08. Committee report To Pass; referred to Finance 3/13/08. See also SF 3813, Article 11, Section 5-8.
HF 3999 Status: Introduced 3/11/08; referred to Finance. Referred by Chair to Higher Education & Work Force Development Policy & Finance Division 3/12/08. Division action To Pass as amended and return to Education Finance & Economic Competitiveness Finance Division 3/18/08. Returned by Chair to Finance; returned by Chair to Energy Finance & Policy Division 3/25/08.
SF 3540 (Anderson) / HF 3998 (Davnie): A bill to put together a Green economy transformation task force charged with developing a plan by January 15, 2009 to transfer the state economic system to benefit from the requirements in the RES, energy efficiency, greenhouse gas, biofuels initiative and clean water legacy legislation.
SF 3540 Status: Introduced 3/6/08; referred to Business, Industry & Jobs. Committee report To Pass; referred to Energy, Utilities, Technology & Communications 3/11/08. Committee report To Pass as amended and referred to State & Local Government Operations & Oversight 3/11/08. Committee reports To Pass; referred to Rules & Administration 3/14/08. Committee report To Pass; referred to Rules & Administration 3/19/08. Committee report To Pass as amended; referred to Finance 3/28/08. Committee report To Pass as amended; referred to Finance 3/31/08. See SF 3813 / HF 1812.
HF 3998 Status: Introduced and referred to Governmental Operations, Reform, Technology & Elections 3/11/08. See SF 3813 / HF 1812.
SF 3605 (Prettner Solon) / HF 3729 (Hilty): Re-establishes LEETF and increases authority to include the RES, GHG goals and energy in general, not just electric energy.
SF 3605 Status: Introduced and referred to Energy, Utilities, Technology & Communications 3/10/08. Committee report To Pass as amended; referred to State & Local Government Operations & Oversight 3/17/08. Set for hearing 3/19/08. Committee report To Pass and referred to Finance 3/25/08. See HF 3729.
HF 3729 Status: Introduced and referred to Energy Finance & Policy Division 3/3/08. Committee report To Pass as amended; referred to Governmental Operations, Reform, Technology & Elections 3/11/08. Committee report To Pass; referred to Finance 3/17/08; referred by Chair to Energy Finance & Policy Division. Recalled by Chair to Finance 3/25/08. Committee report To Pass as amended; referred to Ways and Means 4/7/08. Committee report To Pass as amended; second reading on House floor 4/23/08. Third reading; Passed House amended (106-24) 4/30/08. Referred to Senate Finance 5/1/08. Added to Omnibus Energy Bill, SF 3337.
SF 3687 (Dahle) / HF 3906 (Bly): Repealing the public service corporation exemption from the eminent domain statute.
SF 3687 Status: Introduced and referred to Judiciary 3/13/08.
HF 3906 Status: Introduced and referred to Public Safety & Civil Justice 3/10/08.
SF 3695 (Dibble) / HF 3978 (Hornstein): Establish a state greenhouse gas reduction working group made up of legislators and state agency representatives to plan for reductions in the areas of land use, transportation, housing, economic development, water & sewer, and schools.
SF 3695 Status: Introduced and referred to Environment & Natural Resources 3/13/08.
HF 3978 Status: Introduced and referred to Environment & Natural Resources 3/11/08.
SF 3698 (Doll) / HF 3857 (Sailer): Allows certain solar projects to qualify as DSM savings for the CIP/energy efficiency goal.
SF 3698 Status: Introduced and referred to Energy, Utilities, Technology & Communications 3/13/08. Set for hearing 3/18/08. Committee report To Pass as amended; second reading. Passed Senate (64-1) 4/16/08. Sent to House; referred for comparison with companion bill HF 3857 4/17/08. SF 3698 substituted for HF 3857; SF 3698 received second reading in House 4/21/08. See Omnibus Energy Bill SF 3337.
HF 3857 Status: Introduced and referred to Energy Finance & Policy Division 3/5/08. Committee report To Pass as amended 3/13/08; second reading on House floor. Referred for comparison with companion bill SF 3698 4/17/08. See Omnibus Energy Bill SF 3337.
SF 3704 (Olseen) / HF 4006 (Olin): Open meetings laws apply to joint exercise of powers bodies.
SF 3704 Status: Introduced and referred to State & Local Government Operations and Oversight 3/13/08.
HF 4006 Status: Introduced and referred to Local Government & Metropolitan Affairs 3/11/08.
SF 3742 (Anderson) / HF 4060 (Knuth): A cap and trade bill setting forth resolutions of design elements the state legislature would want in a cap and trade.
SF 3742 Status: Introduced and referred to Business, Industry & Jobs 3/13/08.
HF 4060 Status: Introduced and referred to Energy Finance & Policy Division 3/13/08. Motion to re-refer to Environment & Natural Resources; motion failed (46-85) 3/25/08.
SF 3747 (Dahle) / HF 4005 (Bly): Allows school boards to be qualified owners for CBED.
SF 3747 Status: Introduced and referred to Energy, Utilities, Technology & Communications 3/17/08.
HF 4005 Status: Introduced and referred to Energy Finance & Policy Division 3/11/08. Recalled to Finance 3/13/08. Referred to K-12 Finance Division 3/14/08.
SF 3757 (Moua) / HF 3995 (Mullery): A bill to establish assault on a utility employee or contractor as a gross misdemeanor.
SF 3757 Status: Introduced and referred to Judiciary 3/17/08.
HF 3995 Status: Introduced and referred to Public Safety & Civil Justice 3/11/08. Committee report To Pass; second reading 3/19/08.
SF 3758 (Doll) / HF 3977 (Brynaert): A bill to allow cost recovery for transmission for the RES; also allows waiver of certificate of need for certain transmission associated with the RES.
SF 3758 Status: Introduced and referred to Energy, Utilities, Technology & Communications 3/17/08. Committee report To Pass as amended; second reading 3/25/08. Passed Senate (63-1) 4/10/08. Referred for comparison with companion bill HF 3977 4/10/08. Bills not identical; SF 3758 substituted for HF 3977. Second reading 4/14/08.
HF 3977 Status: Introduced and referred to Energy Finance & Policy Division 3/11/08. Committee report To Pass as amended; second reading in House 3/18/08. Referred for comparison with companion bill SF 3758 4/10/08. Sf 3758 substituted in House for HF 3977.
SF 3813 (Cohen) / HF 1812 (Carlson): The Omnibus Supplemental Appropriations Bill--Contains the legislation to establish and fund the Green Economy Transformation Task Force (originally in bills SF 3337 and SF 3540); and a landfill testing requirement; as well as other energy funding.
SF 3813 Status: Introduced 3/31/08; laid over one day on the Senate floor. Second reading 4/1/08.
HF 1812 Status: Introduced in 2007 as another bill. Substituted as the House Omnibus Supplemental Appropriations bill 4/1/08. Ways & Means Committee report To Pass 4/2/08. Passed House as amended (83-49) 4/3/08. Senate amended and passed (40-25) 4/7/08. Bills do not match. HF 1812 substituted for SF 3813 and sent to conference committee. House Conferees -- Carlson, M. Murphy, Wagenius, Rukavina and Ozment. Senate conferres -- Cohen, Tomassoni, Fredrickson, Betzond, and Higgins. See also SF 3168, Art. 2, Section 5-6, 10-11; SF 3190, Art. 1; SF 2651, Art. 1, Sections 1-5, 11.
SF 3830 (Sheran) / HF 2527 (Moe): A bill to establish a low-carbon fuel standard.
SF 3830 Status: Introduced and referred to Environment & Natural Resources 4/7/08.
HF 2527 Status: Introduced and referred to Finance; re-referred by Chair to Environment & Natural Resources Finance 5/19/07. Recalled and referred to Environment & Natural Resources policy committee 2/14/08.
HF 2306 (Hilty): Requiring the PUC to initiate proceedings regarding interconnection of distributed generation.
HF 2306 Status: Introduction and first reading; referred to Finance; re-referred by Chair to Energy Finance & Policy Division 3/22/07.
HF 2971 (Juhnke): Create a wind energy conversion system (WECS) aggregation program through the Dept. of Commerce, allowing CBED developers to aggregate resources to plan transmission, order turbines and negotiate agreements.
HF 2971 Status: Introduced and referred to Finance; referred by Chair to Energy Finance & Policy Division 2/14/08. See also HF 3343. See Omnibus Energy Bill SF 3337.
HF 3537 (Bly): Feed In Tariff bill: setting forth required payment prices for utility purchases from CBED projects.
HF 3537 Status: Introduced and referred to Finance 2/28/08; referred by Chair to Energy Finance & Policy Division. Laid over for possible inclusion in omnibus bill 3/5/08.
HF 4213 (Hornstein): A bill to prohibit the PUC from granting a certificate of need to expand Prairie Island waste storage.
HF 4213 Status: Introduced and referred to House Energy Finance & Policy Division 4/28/08.
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