1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to energy; requiring an assessment and grant for the purpose of 
1.3 	community energy technical assistance and outreach; requiring a report.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. COMMUNITY ENERGY ACTIVITIES; ASSESSMENT AND GRANT.
 1.6 	(a) The commissioner of commerce shall grant $500,000 in the fiscal year ending 
1.7 	June 30, 2013, from assessments made under Minnesota Statutes, section 216B.241, 
1.8 	subdivision 1e, for the purpose of community energy technical assistance and outreach 
1.9 	on renewable energy and energy efficiency as described in Minnesota Statutes, section 
1.10 	216C.385.
1.11 	(b) By October 1, 2013, a person or organization receiving a grant under paragraph 
1.12 	(a) must submit a report containing a detailed account of the expenditures made for each 
1.13 	activity financed by the grant to the chairs and ranking minority members of the senate 
1.14 	and house of representatives committees with jurisdiction over energy policy and finance.

1.15 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2012.