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Read. Follow. Verify.Minnesota requires coal-fired power plants scheduled for retirement to submit decommissioning and repurposing plans
Last action · February 13, 2025: Introduction and first reading, referred to Energy Finance and PolicySponsors: Shane Mekeland and 6 others
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What This Bill Proposed
Public utilities owning coal-fired electric generation facilities scheduled for retirement in 2027 and 2031 within the Mississippi River - St. Cloud Watershed must submit a by February 1, 2027.
Local municipalities and regulators receive formal transition timelines for retiring industrial energy infrastructure, affecting local planning and economic development.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
public utilities
Public utilities owning specified coal-fired plants must prepare and submit decommissioning and repurposing plans and timelines.
municipalities where the electric generation facility is located
Local governing bodies receive a copy of the decommissioning plan and timeline on the date it is submitted to the Public Utilities Commission.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · introduced in the House.
Procedural history
1 action- Feb 13, 2025HouseIntroducedIntroduction and first reading, referred to Energy Finance and Policy
Version history
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Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 50)
- Controversy20Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
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