HF 2248

as introduced - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026) Posted on 03/20/2025 04:16pm

A bill for an act
relating to energy; modifying the definition of large energy facility; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 216B.2421, subdivision 2.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 216B.2421, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Large energy facility.

"Large energy facility" means:

(1) any electric power generating plant or combination of plants at a single site with a
combined capacity of 50,000 kilowatts or more and transmission lines directly associated
with the plant that are necessary to interconnect the plant to the transmission system;

(2) any high-voltage transmission line with a capacity of 300 kilovolts or more and
greater than one mile in length in Minnesota;

(3) any high-voltage transmission line with a capacity of 100 kilovolts or more with
more than ten miles of its length in Minnesota;

(4) any pipeline greater than six inches in diameter and having more than 50 miles of
its length in Minnesota used for the transportation of coal, crude petroleum or petroleum
fuels or oil, or their derivatives;

(5) any pipeline for transporting natural or synthetic gas at pressures in excess of 200
pounds per square inch with more than 50 miles of its length in Minnesota;

(6) any facility designed for or capable of storing on a single site more than deleted text begin 100,000 deleted text end new text begin
1,000,000 new text end gallons of liquefied natural gas or synthetic gas;

(7) any underground gas storage facility requiring a permit pursuant to section 103I.681;

(8) any nuclear fuel processing or nuclear waste storage or disposal facility; and

(9) any facility intended to convert any material into any other combustible fuel and
having the capacity to process in excess of 75 tons of the material per hour.