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Committee reviews technical fix to bioincentive statute to restore 'advanced' biofuel definition
Summary
House File 1,500 would add the word “advanced” to a statutory definition used by the Bioincentive Program. Testimony said a drafting error in 2023 removed that limiting word and resulted in denials of applications; the committee laid the bill over for further consideration.
The committee considered House File 1,500, a technical amendment to the Bioincentive Program statute intended to restore the program’s original focus on advanced biofuels.
Chair Anderson moved the bill and the committee heard from Brian Werner, Executive Director of the Minnesota Biofuels Association. Werner defined “advanced biofuel” in testimony as “a renewable fuel with at least 50% lower greenhouse gas emissions on a life cycle basis than petroleum,” and said many Minnesota producers now…
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