1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to energy; modifying the Prairie Island Net Zero project; establishing a 
1.3 	grant; appropriating money;amending Laws 2020, chapter 118, section 3, 
1.4 	subdivision 3; Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 4, article 2, section 3, by 
1.5 	adding a subdivision.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Laws 2020, chapter 118, section 3, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
1.8 		Subd. 3.Bids. The Prairie Island Indian Community must obtain bids to construct the 
1.9 	proposed project from no fewer than three separate contractors and must enter into one or 
1.10 	more contracts to complete the project and must submit the certified total cost to the 
1.11 	commissioner no later than January 1, 2022 2023.

1.12 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective retroactively from December 31, 2021.

1.13 	Sec. 2. Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 4, article 2, section 3, is amended by 
1.14 	adding a subdivision to read:
1.15 		Subd. 7.Prairie Island Net Zero Project. (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
1.16 	section 116C.779, subdivision 1, paragraph (j), $15,200,000 in fiscal year 2022 and 
1.17 	$15,000,000 in fiscal year 2023 are appropriated from the renewable development account 
1.18 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 116C.779, subdivision 1, to the commissioner of commerce 
1.19 	for a grant to the Prairie Island Indian Community to implement the Prairie Island Net Zero 
1.20 	Project under Laws 2020, chapter 118, section 3. The base for this project in fiscal year 
1.21 	2024 is $0. Any unspent money remaining upon completion of the project cancel to the 
1.22 	renewable development account under Minnesota Statutes, section 116C.779, subdivision 
2.1 	1. The commissioner of commerce shall manage the grant, including the disbursement of 
2.2 	grant money to the Prairie Island Indian Community.
2.3 	(b) The commissioner shall reserve a portion of the appropriation made under this section 
2.4 	to pay actual expenditures on the project that exceed the certified total cost. The amount 
2.5 	reserved shall be the lesser of:
2.6 	(1) 20 percent of the certified total cost for the project; or
2.7 	(2) the difference between the certified total cost and $46,200,000.
2.8 	(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), if the certified total cost for the project is less than 
2.9 	$46,200,000, the commissioner shall withhold from the project appropriation in fiscal year 
2.10 	2023 an amount equal to the difference between $46,200,000 and the sum of the amount 
2.11 	of the certified total cost and the amount reserved by the commissioner under paragraph 
2.12 	(b), and shall cancel the withheld amount to the renewable development account.
2.13 	(d) For the purposes of this subdivision, "certified total cost" means the total cost of all 
2.14 	contracts the Prairie Island Indian Community enters into with contractors to complete the 
2.15 	Prairie Island Net Zero Project under Laws 2020, chapter 118, section 3.