1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to energy; appropriating money to repair and expand the generating capacity 
1.3 	of the Granite Falls hydroelectric generating facility.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION.
 1.6 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 116C.779, subdivision 1, paragraph (j), 
1.7 	$2,750,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2021 from the renewable development account 
1.8 	established under Minnesota Statutes, section 116C.779, subdivision 1, to the commissioner 
1.9 	of commerce for a grant to the city of Granite Falls to purchase a new turbine to expand the 
1.10 	electric generating capacity of the city's existing hydroelectric generating facility. Of this 
1.11 	amount, $400,000 is to repair structural damage and erosion caused by flooding to the 
1.12 	building that houses the turbines that generate electricity. This is a onetime appropriation 
1.13 	and any amount unexpended by June 30, 2022, shall be returned to the renewable 
1.14 	development account. In the event that this project is funded through other legislation in 
1.15 	the 2020 legislative session, this appropriation is canceled.

1.16 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.