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SF 2513

1st Engrossment - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 03/21/2023 03:26pm

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underscored = added, new language.
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A bill for an act
 relating to energy; appropriating money to support investment in green fertilizer
production using renewable energy.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1. new text begin SUPPORTING INVESTMENT IN GREEN FERTILIZER PRODUCTION;
APPROPRIATION.
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new text begin (a) $70,000,000 in fiscal year 2024 is appropriated from the general fund to the
commissioner of agriculture for grants to cooperatives to invest in green fertilizer production
facilities. This is a onetime appropriation and is available until June 30, 2032.
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new text begin (b) A grant under this section must include a long-term agreement to purchase nitrogen
fertilizer for cooperative members. Renewable energy, hydrogen, and ammonia may be
produced elsewhere, but the final production of nitrogen fertilizer must occur within
Minnesota.
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new text begin (c) For purposes of this section:
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new text begin (1) a cooperative includes an agricultural or rural electric cooperative organized under
Minnesota Statutes, chapter 308A or 308B;
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new text begin (2) green fertilizer production facilities are facilities that use renewable energy to produce
anhydrous ammonia, urea, or hydrogen;
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new text begin (3) "green hydrogen" means hydrogen produced by splitting water molecules using
electricity from renewable energy;
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new text begin (4) "green fertilizer" means a nitrogen-based fertilizer produced from green hydrogen;
and
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new text begin (5) eligible renewable energy technologies have the meaning given in Minnesota Statutes,
section 216B.1691, subdivision 1.
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new text begin (d) The commissioner must develop criteria and scoring procedures for evaluating and
awarding grants. The maximum grant award for a cooperative is $7,000,000.
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new text begin (e) Up to five percent of the amount in paragraph (a) may be used by the department to
administer this section.
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