1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to energy; abolishing prohibition on issuing certificate of need for certain 
1.3 	new nuclear power plants;amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 216B.243, 
1.4 	subdivision 3b.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 216B.243, subdivision 3b, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 3b.Nuclear power plant; new construction prohibited; relicensing. (a) The 
1.8 	commission may not issue a certificate of need for the construction, on Prairie Island, of:
1.9 	(1) a new nuclear-powered electric generating plant.; or
1.10 	(2) a new facility designed to store spent nuclear fuel produced by a nuclear-powered 
1.11 	electric generating plant other than the one in operation at Prairie Island.
1.12 	(b) Any certificate of need for additional storage of spent nuclear fuel for a facility 
1.13 	seeking a license extension shall address the impacts of continued operations over the period 
1.14 	for which approval is sought.

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