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Bill to create registry for locally produced 'clean' ammonia advances in committee discussion; authors amendment adopted
Summary
Senate File 1710 would fund development of a registry to verify and track ammonia produced with electricity; the committee adopted an author’s amendment providing fee credits to Minnesota entities and laid the bill over for possible inclusion.
Senate File 1710, the "Minnesota Made Ammonia Act," would authorize state support for development of a registry to verify and track ammonia produced using electricity and renewable energy sources. The measure was presented March 5 to the Senate Energy, Utilities, Environment and Climate Committee and the committee adopted an author's A2 amendment before hearing testimony.
Sponsor remarks: Senator Putnam said Minnesota researchers at the University of Minnesota Morris pioneered methods to produce ammonia using wind and other renewables, and described a one‑time appropriation to MREDS (Midwest Renewable Energy Tracking System) to develop software and a registry that would issue "ammonia certificates" documenting each ton of ammonia produced with renewable energy.
Amendment adopted: The committee adopted an A2 authors amendment…
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