Office of the Revisor of Statutes
HF 2002
1st Engrossment - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)
Posted on 06/03/2025 10:37 a.m.
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A bill for an act
relating to energy; abolishing prohibition on issuing certificate of need for certain
new nuclear power plants; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 216B.243,
subdivision 3b.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 216B.243, subdivision 3b, is amended to read:
Subd. 3b.
Nuclear power plant; new construction prohibited; relicensing.
(a) The
commission may not issue a certificate of need for the constructionnew text begin , on Prairie Island,new text end ofnew text begin :
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(2) a new facility designed to store spent nuclear fuel produced by a nuclear-powered
electric generating plant other than the one in operation at Prairie Island.
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(b) Any certificate of need for additional storage of spent nuclear fuel for a facility
seeking a license extension shall address the impacts of continued operations over the period
for which approval is sought.
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This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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