Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment and Climate - 02/23/2026

Minnesota Senate Energy, Utilities, Environment and Climate Committee · February 21, 2026

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Call to order and quorum

Announcement

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Committee chair called the Senate Energy, Utilities, Environment and Climate Committee to order, announced the date/time (Feb. 23, 2026, 12:30) and that a quorum was present.

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The Minnesota Senate Energy, Utilities, Environment and Climate Committee met Feb. 23, 2026, at the Minnesota Senate Building for presentations from the Department of Commerce and the Midwest Reliability Organization. Testimony focused on recent drivers of energy costs, federal tax-credit changes, grid reliability, and projected demand growth from data centers; members pressed presenters on the costs and reliability tradeoffs of wind, solar and base-load resources.

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