Senate Bill Introductions
SF 3209 (McEwen): Requiring IOUs to study virtual power plants in their integrated resource plans and to implement a virtual power plant tariff. See also Companion Bill HF 2986.
Status: Introduced 4/1/25; referred to Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate.
SF 3732 (Kunesh): Exempting tribal lands from electric service territory laws. See also Companion Bill HF 3458.
Status: Introduced 2/23/26; referred to Senate Energy, Utilities, Environment, & Climate.
SF 3760 (Frentz): Exempting upgrade or rebuilding of certain existing high-voltage lines from the Certificate of Need process. See also Companion Bill HF 3802.
Status: Introduced 2/23/26; referred to Senate Energy, Utilities, Environment, & Climate. Set for hearing 3/16/26; passed to Senate floor on a voice vote. Substituted HF 3802 for SF 3760 on the floor. See HF 3802.
SF 3792 (Dibble): Limiting the fees that recreational camping owners can charge renters for utilities. See also Companion Bill HF 3733.
Status: Introduced 2/23/26; referred to Commerce and Consumer Protection.
SF 3800 (Hoffman): Naming the state Community Solar Garden program for Melissa Hortman. See also Companion Bill HF 3556.
Status: Introduced 2/23/26; referred to Commerce & Consumer Protection. Set for hearing 3/9/26. Passed to Senate floor on a voice vote 3/9/26. Second reading 3/11/26. House bill HF 3556 substituted on floor for Senate bill. See HF 3556.
SF 3853 (Johnson Stewart): Modifying the surcharges for EVs. See also Companion Bill HF 3430.
Status: Introduced 2/26/26; referred to Transportation.
SF 3873 (Kupec): Allowing plug-in solar devices to be installed without interconnection/utility notice. See also Companion Bill HF 3555.
Status: Introduced 2/26/26; referred to Energy, Utilities, Environment & Climate. Set for hearing 3/11/26. Re-set for hearing 3/16/26; laid over.
SF 3968 (McEwen): Regarding water acquisition, energy efficiency requirements, electric energy use, and other environmental application requirements for data centers. See Companion Bill HF 2928.
Status: Introduced 2/26/26; referred to Energy, Utilities, Environment & Climate.
SF 3991 (Dibble): Prohibiting utilities from charging reconnection fees or late fees in certain circumstances. See Companion Bill HF 3912.
Status: Introduced 3/2/26; referred to Energy, Utilities, Environment and Climate.
SF 3992 (Dibble): Requiring “affordability” to be considered and examined in rate cases. See Companion Bill HF 3777.
Status: Introduced 3/2/26; referred to Energy, Utilities, Environment and Climate.
SF 4002 (McEwen): Requiring IOUs and other rate-regulated entities to supply an annual report on the total authorized revenue for each year. See Companion Bill HF 3778.
Status: Introduced 3/2/26; referred to Energy, Utilities, Environment and Climate.
SF 4051 (Jasinski): Payment of certain local government utility costs when relocating part of a trunk highway. See Companion Bill HF 4103.
Status: Introduced 3/2/26; referred to Transportation. Laid over 3/9/26.
SF 4126 (Johnson Stewart): Setting up a strict liability standard to be applied to businesses extracting fossil fuels or refining crude oil and emitting greenhouse gases. It allows the state to seek cost recovery payments from responsible parties due to climate and other damage attributable to the parties’ greenhouse gas emission. See Companion Bill HF 3945.
Status: Introduced 3/4/26; referred to Energy, Utilities, Environment and Climate.
SF 4163 (Jasinski): Repealing the transportation greenhouse gas impact assessment. See Companion Bill HF 4113.
Status: Introduced 3/5/26; referred to Transportation.
SF 4203 (Maye Quade): Repealing and revising portions of tax exemptions previously passed for data centers. See Companion Bill HF 4173.
Status: Introduced 3/9/26; referred to Taxes.
SF 4226 (Mathews): Prioritizing certain non-profits when awarding state energy grants. See Companion bill HF 3686.
Status: Introduced 3/9/26; referred to Energy, Utilities, Environment and Climate.
SF 4278 (Xiong): Requiring additional information by utilities for rail crossings; allowing railroad flagging services at crossing upon written justification; utility pays flagging fees. See Companion Bill HF 4051.
Status: Introduced 3/9/26; referred to Transportation.
SF 4281 (Hemmingsen-Jaeger): Establishing requirements for Thermal energy network plans (for IOUs). See Companion Bill HF 4122.
Status: Introduced 3/9/26; referred to Energy, Utilities, Environment and Climate. Laid over 3/25/26.
SF 4296 (Maye Quade): Requiring public hearings and local zoning or approval for data center development. See Companion Bill HF 4512.
Status: Introduced 3/9/26; referred to State & Local Government. Set for hearing 3/17/26. Passed committee on voice vote to the floor 3/17/26. Second reading 3/18/26.
SF 4298 (McEwen): Setting a one-year moratorium on data centers.
Status: Introduced 3/9/26; referred to Energy, Utilities, Environment and Climate.
SF 4379 (Maye Quade): A bill banning NDAs for municipals and political subdivisions. See Companion Bill HF 4077.
Status: Introduced 3/11/26; referred to State & Local Government. Set for hearing 3/17/26. Committee amended bill and sent to Senate Judiciary 3/19/26. Set for hearing 3/27/26.
SF 4450 (Dibble): Transferring funds from the RDA to a pre-weatherization account. Companion Bill HF 4189.
Status: Introduced 3/17/26; referred to Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate. Set for hearing 3/18/26. Laid over 3/18/26.
SF 4463 (Mathews): Repealing the 100% by 2040 mandate. See Companion Bill HF 4411.
Status: Introduced 3/17/26; referred to Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate.
SF 4532 (Mathews): Repealing the AG’s duty to intervene in certain PUC matters. See Companion Bill HF 3674.
Status: Introduced 3/17/26; referred to State and Local Government.
SF 4534 (Mathews): Fuel-switching improvement spending for low-income households can be counted towards the low-income spending requirements on muni and cooperative electric utilities. See Companion Bill HF 3688.
Status: Introduced 3/17/26; referred to Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate.
SF 4548 (Hauschild): Banning local elected officials from entering NDAs.
Status: Introduced 3/18/26; referred to State and Local Government. Heard and amended 3/24/26; passed and re-referred to Judiciary and Public Safety.
SF 4590 (Frentz): Revising technical language and making statutory corrections of the MPUC. See Companion Bill SF 4560.
Status: Introduced 3/18/26; referred to Energy, Utilities, Environment and Climate. Heard by committee 3/25/26; passed to Senate floor. Second reading 3/25/26.
SF 4591 (Frentz): Setting standards for distributed energy resource aggregators for IOUs and munis/coops of over 4 million kWh sales per year.
Status: Introduced 3/18/26; referred to Energy, Utilities, Environment and Climate.
SF 4681 (Mathews): Regarding data center siting and permit applications; requires a clean energy tariff for data centers (IOUs) and not shifting electric costs to other ratepayers. See Companion Bill HF 4153.
Status: Introduced 3/23/26; referred to Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate.
SF 4774 (Putnam): Establishing plug-in solar provisions.
Status: Introduced 3/25/26; referred to Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate.
SF 4720 (Frentz): Expanding the Dept. of Commerce’s ability to enter into energy research projects and partnerships; provide authority for energy security planning. See also Companion Bill HF 4559.
Status: Introduced 3/23/26; referred to Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate. Heard in committee 3/23/26; laid over.
SF 4816 (Kunesh): Environmental impact statement required for data centers.
Status: Introduced 3/25/26; referred to Environment, Climate, and Legacy.
SF 4835 (Mathews): Ratepayer cost reduction bill: terminating certain nuclear payments, exempting residential natural gas and electric sales; reforming net metering. See Companion Bill HF 4308.
Status: Introduced 3/25/26; referred to Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate.
SF 4824 (Lieske): Prohibit the state and municipalities from entering into non-disclosure agreements. See also Companion Bill HF 4659.
Status: Introduced 3/25/26; referred to State & Local Government.
SF 4886 (Marty): Creating a Greenhouse Gas Pollution Superfund; allowing suits against oil/gas for climate impacts.
Status: Introduced 3/26/26; referred to Environment, Climate, & Legacy.
SF 4900 (Mathews): Funding an interim study on nuclear power in Minnesota, including impacts and siting. See Companion Bill HF 4703.
Status: Introduced 3/26/26; referred to Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate.
SF 4901 (Mathews): Allowing nuclear power as an option in IRPs. See Companion Bill HF 4711.
Status: Introduced 3/26/26; referred to Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate.
SF 4913 (Gruenhagen): Terminating the MN Climate Innovation Finance Authority.
Status: Introduced 3/26/26; referred to Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate.