1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to energy; creating small power producer grant program; appropriating 
1.3 	money.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. RENEWABLE QUALIFYING ELECTRIC GENERATION FACILITY 
1.6 	GRANT.
 1.7 		Subdivision 1.Definition; qualifying facility. For the purpose of this section, 
1.8 	"qualifying facility" means an electric generation facility with a capacity of less than 40 
1.9 	kilowatts that is Underwriter Laboratories (UL) approved and that generates electric 
1.10 	power by means of a reasonable energy source.
1.11 		Subd. 2.Grant. (a) The owner of a qualifying facility that satisfies all the 
1.12 	requirements for net metering of Minnesota Statutes, section 216B.164, may apply to 
1.13 	the commissioner of commerce for a grant of the lesser of $2,500 or 35 percent of the 
1.14 	cost of the facility, including installation.
1.15 	(b) The commissioner shall provide grant application forms that must be used by a 
1.16 	grant applicant. The commissioner shall make grants only from funds appropriated for 
1.17 	that purpose and to the extent of those appropriations. Grants must be made to applicants 
1.18 	in the order of the time of receipt of a complete application.

1.19 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION.
 1.20 	$1,000,000 is appropriated to the commissioner of commerce from funds received 
1.21 	by the Department of Commerce for the state energy program from the federal American 
1.22 	Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5) for the purpose of making 
1.23 	grants under section 1.