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SF4942 • 2026

Certain municipal electric utilities exemption from the life-cycle analysis requirement

Certain municipal electric utilities exemption from the life-cycle analysis requirement

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Farnsworth
Last action
2026-04-07
Official status
Introduction and first reading
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Certain municipal electric utilities exemption from the life-cycle analysis requirement

Certain municipal electric utilities exemption from the life-cycle analysis requirement

What This Bill Does

  • Certain municipal electric utilities exemption from the life-cycle analysis requirement

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-04-07 House

    Introduction and first reading

Official Summary Text

Certain municipal electric utilities exemption from the life-cycle analysis requirement

Current Bill Text

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A bill for an act

relating to energy; exempting certain municipal electric utilities from the life-cycle

analysis requirement; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 216B.1691, by

adding a subdivision.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 216B.1691, is amended by adding a subdivision

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Subd. 11.

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Municipal electric utility exemption.

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(a) A municipal electric utility located

in the city of Hibbing that was in operation before the commission's decision in docket

number 24-352 is exempt from:

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(1) a requirement to submit a facility specific life-cycle analysis of waste-derived fuel;

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(2) a requirement to submit a fuel mix report; and

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(3) reevaluation requirements.

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(b) The electricity generated by waste-derived fuel at a municipal electric utility must

be considered when determining whether the municipal electric utility satisfies the eligible

energy technology standard under subdivision 2a.

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