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Committee hears bill to allow B100 biodiesel at peaking plants for limited hours
Summary
Senate File 2018 would let electric utilities qualify use of 100% biodiesel at peaking facilities as carbon-free for up to 400 hours per year; supporters cited emissions reductions and farm benefits, opponents cited the 100% carbon-free statute and raised process concerns. The bill was laid over.
Sen. Weber introduced Senate File 2018 on March 19, which would allow an electric utility to use 100% biodiesel (B100) at a peaking facility for up to 400 hours per year and qualify that use as "carbon free technology" under state law. "This bill is permissive," Sen. Weber said, noting the measure would not require utilities to use B100 but would give them an option.
Andrew Dewar, representing the Minnesota Biodiesel Council, testified in favor and said biodiesel is a drop-in fuel often produced from soybean oil and that, in…
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