1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to energy; appropriating money for a solar photovoltaic project.
1.3 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.4 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; NEIGHBORHOOD SOLAR ELECTRICITY 
1.5 	DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.
 1.6 	$....... is appropriated from State Energy Program funds received by the Office of 
1.7 	Energy Security under the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, 
1.8 	Public Law 111-5, to the commissioner of commerce for a grant to a community-based 
1.9 	organization that is experienced in developing renewable energy projects for the purpose 
1.10 	of planning, managing, and implementing a project that delivers up to one megawatt of 
1.11 	electricity from on-site photovoltaic devices to several buildings in a single neighborhood 
1.12 	in Minnesota.