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Committee lays over bill to continue geothermal planning grant program with $2M appropriation
Summary
House File 2162 would add $2 million to a geothermal and thermal energy planning grant program and extend eligibility to tribal governments; the bill's A1 amendment set the RDA appropriation at $2 million and added tribal eligibility and was adopted before the bill was laid over.
A Minnesota House committee on March 18 laid over House File 2162 after adopting an author's amendment that sets a $2 million Renewable Development Account appropriation and expands grant eligibility to include tribal governments.
Representative Mahamud moved the bill and described it as a continuation and expansion of a 2024 geothermal planning grant program. "Geothermal and thermal energy networks are a growing industry in Minnesota with enormous potential to provide Minnesotans with clean energy to heat and cool our buildings," she said.
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