1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to energy; providing funding for clean energy resource teams; 
1.3 	appropriating money.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. CLEAN ENERGY RESOURCE TEAMS; APPROPRIATION.
 1.6 	The utility subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 116C.779, shall transfer $625,000 
1.7 	in fiscal year 2010 and $625,000 in fiscal year 2011 to the Department of Commerce 
1.8 	on a schedule to be determined by the commissioner of commerce. The funds must be 
1.9 	deposited in the special revenue fund and are appropriated to the commissioner for the 
1.10 	purposes of this section.
1.11 	$625,000 in fiscal year 2010 and $625,000 in fiscal year 2011 are for continued 
1.12 	funding of community energy technical assistance and outreach on renewable energy and 
1.13 	energy efficiency, as described in Minnesota Statutes, section 216C.385. Of this amount, 
1.14 	$125,000 each year is for technical assistance in the metropolitan area.