1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to energy; appropriating money to construct a geothermal energy system.
1.3 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.4 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY SYSTEM.
 1.5 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 116C.779, subdivision 1, paragraph (j), 
1.6 	$6,000,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $4,000,000 in fiscal year 2025 are appropriated from 
1.7 	the renewable development account established in Minnesota Statutes, section 116C.779, 
1.8 	subdivision 1, to the commissioner of commerce for a grant to the Sabathani Community 
1.9 	Center in Minneapolis to construct a geothermal energy system that provides space heating 
1.10 	and cooling to the center.
1.11 	(b) For the purposes of this section, "geothermal energy system" means a system 
1.12 	composed of: a heat pump that moves a heat-transferring fluid through piping embedded 
1.13 	in the earth and absorbs the earth's constant temperature; a heat exchanger; and ductwork 
1.14 	to distribute heated and cooled air to a building.

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