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Minnesota House passes energy bill after debate over weatherization cuts and clean-energy priorities
Summary
The Minnesota House passed Senate File 2, an energy omnibus bill, on a 90-41 roll call after members debated weatherization funding cuts, additions for securitization and data-center provisions, and broader clean-energy strategy.
The Minnesota House of Representatives passed Senate File 2, an omnibus energy bill, by a 90-41 roll call after about 30 minutes of debate that centered on a $4 million biennial cut to weatherization funding and the scope of state support for renewable and alternative energy strategies.
Representative Emma Acum, the bill author from Hennepin County, told the House that the bill "did include some bipartisan and noncontroversial policy provisions," and said conference committee changes preserved many prior gains while also requiring a budget cut that reduced weatherization funding by $4,000,000 per biennium.
The bill includes provisions to appropriate and transfer money for energy and renewable development accounts, extensions for previously appropriated projects (including a Saint Thomas microgrid and a rooftop solar array at the National Sports Center), changes to program definitions such as…
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