1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to energy; exempting electricity generated outside the state from the 
1.3 	requirement that a certain proportion of retail electricity be carbon-free by certain 
1.4 	dates;amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 216B.1691, subdivision 2g.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 216B.1691, subdivision 2g, is amended to 
1.7 	read:
1.8 		Subd. 2g.Carbon-free standard. In addition to the requirements under subdivisions 
1.9 	2a and 2f, each to the extent an electric utility must generate or procure sufficient generates 
1.10 	or procures electricity generated from a carbon-free energy technology to provide the electric 
1.11 	utility's retail customers in Minnesota, or the retail customers of a distribution utility to 
1.12 	which the electric utility provides wholesale electric service, so that generation source within 
1.13 	Minnesota, the electric utility generates or procures must generate or procure an amount of 
1.14 	electricity from carbon-free energy technologies that is equivalent to at least the following 
1.15 	standard percentages of the electric utility's total retail electric sales to retail customers in
1.16 	generation or procurement from sources within Minnesota by the end of the year indicated:

1.171.18	(1)
	2030
	80 percent for public utilities; 60 percent for 
other electric utilities
	
1.19	(2)
	2035
	90 percent for all electric utilities
	
1.20	(3)
	2040
	100 percent for all electric utilities.

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