Senate Bill Introductions
SF 58 (Green): A bill to exempt cooperatives from all clean and renewable energy standards.
Status: Introduced 1/15/25; referred to Energy, Utilities, Environment and Climate.
SF 350 (Eichorn): Repealing the nuclear moratorium.
Status: Introduced 1/21/25; referred to Energy, Utilities, Environment and Climate. Set for hearing 1/27/25.
SF 426 (Eichorn): Repealing the 100-MW limit on new hydropower from the definition of renewable/eligible energy technology.
Status: Introduced 1/21/25; referred to Energy, Utilities, Environment and Climate. Set for hearing 1/27/25.
SF 434 (Mathews): Repealing ROFR rights for incumbent utilities.
Status: Introduced 1/21/25; referred to Energy, Utilities, Environment and Climate.
SF 465 (Mathews): Requiring IOUs to file decommissioning plans for coal generation in Minnesota.
Status: Introduced 1/21/25; referred to Energy, Utilities, Environment and Climate.
SF 466 (Mathews): Prohibiting local governments from banning natural gas or propane service to buildings.
Status: Introduced 1/21/25; referred to Energy, Utilities, Environment and Climate.
SF 467 (Mathews): Prohibiting local governments from banning new natural gas hookups.
Status: Introduced 1/21/25; referred to Labor.
SF 468 (Mathews): Repealing the nuclear moratorium as to new units of 300 MW or less.
Status: Introduced 1/21/25; referred to Energy, Utilities, Environment and Climate. Set for hearing 1/27/25.
SF 572 (Mathews): Repealing the 100-MW cap on new hydropower; repealing the nuclear moratorium, and allowing a delay in the RES/CFS if utility rates fail to stay at a certain level below national average.
Status: Introduced 1/23/25; referred to Energy, Utilities, Environment and Climate.
SF 573 (Mathews): A bill to remove the 100-MW cap on hydroelectric power as renewable.
Status: Introduced 1/23/25; referred to Energy, Utilities, Environment and Climate.
SF 570 (Hauschild): Modifying permitting around wetland development; streamlining the process and timeframes.
Status: Introduced 1/23/25; referred to Environment, Climate and Legacy.
SF 577 (Eichorn): Increasing the efficiency of permitting around wetlands.
Status: Introduced 1/23/25; referred to Environment, Climate and Legacy.
SF 608 (Lieske): Restricting the placement of data centers within city limits.
Status: Introduced 1/27/25; referred to State and Local Government.
SF 635 (Lang): Setting up a biomass business compensation fund and setting up an application process for claims of damage due to the early closure of a biomass plant.
Status: Introduced 1/27/25; referred to Energy, Utilities, Environment and Climate.
SF 701 (Lucero): Prohibiting the installation of smart meters/AMI without a property owner’s consent.
Status: Introduced 1/27/25; referred to Energy, Utilities, Environment and Climate.
SF 718 (Lucero): Repealing the moratorium on nuclear facilities.
Status: Introduced 1/27/25; referred to Energy, Utilities, Environment and Climate.