Minnesota Legislative & Regulatory

Legislative

The 94th regular session of the Minnesota Legislature will convene on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025.

MRES continuously monitors bills introduced in the Minnesota Legislature that could affect municipal electric utilities in the state.

Bills that MRES is following can be found by clicking the links below labeled "Minnesota 2025 House Bill Introductions" and "Minnesota 2025 Senate Bill Introductions." On each of these two pages, you will find links to the bills and bill history, a status update, and other information.

2025-2026 Minnesota Legislative Guide (coming soon!)

For more information about legislative activity in Minnesota, go to the Members Only section of the website to read the MRES Legislative Line, which breaks down bills and legislative issues for each of Missouri River's four member states — Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota.

If you are not subscribed to the MRES Legislative Line, please email Deb Birgen at Deb.Birgen@mrenergy.com; Kersten Johnson at Kersten.Johnson@mrenergy.com; or Ben Gentz at Ben.Gentz@mrenergy.com to be added.


Regulatory

MRES regularly monitors state agencies to identify issues that might affect MRES or its municipal electric utility members.

Updates to Minnesota’s Distributed Generation Interconnection Standards, Docket 16-521
The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (MPUC) has established a Distributed Generation (DG) Workgroup to begin the process of establishing new Minnesota standards for the interconnection of DG facilities. The DG Workgroup will inform the development of recommendations for consideration by the full Commission as it transitions the Minnesota interconnection process to one based on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Small Generator Interconnection Procedures. MRES is an active participant on the DG Workgroup.


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