1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to economic development; modifying the community energy transition 
1.3 	grant program; appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 
1.4 	116J.55, subdivisions 1, 5.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 116J.55, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. For the purposes of this section, "eligible community" means 
1.8 	a county, municipality, or tribal government located in Minnesota in which an electric 
1.9 	generating plant owned by a public utility, as defined in section 216B.02, that is powered 
1.10 	by coal, nuclear energy, or natural gas:
1.11 	(1) is currently operating and (i) is scheduled to cease operations ~~or~~, (ii) whose cessation 
1.12 	of operations has been proposed in an integrated resource plan filed with the commission 
1.13 	under section 216B.2422~~;~~, or (iii) whose current operating license expires within 15 years 
1.14 	of the effective date of this section; or
1.15 	(2) ceased operations or was removed from the local property tax base no earlier than 
1.16 	five years before the date an application is made for a grant under this section.

1.17 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 116J.55, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
1.18 		Subd. 5.Grant awards; limitations. ~~(a) The commissioner must award grants under~~ 
1.19 	~~this section to eligible communities through a competitive grant process.~~
1.20 	~~(b)~~ (a) A grant awarded to an eligible community under this section must not exceed 
1.21 	$500,000 in any calendar year. The commissioner may accept grant applications on an 
1.22 	ongoing or rolling basis.
2.1 	~~(c)~~ (b) Grants funded with revenues from the renewable development account established 
2.2 	in section 116C.779 must be awarded to an eligible community located within the retail 
2.3 	electric service territory of the public utility that is subject to section 116C.779 or to an 
2.4 	eligible community in which an electric generating plant owned by that public utility is 
2.5 	located.

2.6 	Sec. 3. APPROPRIATION; COMMUNITY ENERGY TRANSITION GRANTS.
 2.7 	$5,000,000 in fiscal year 2023 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner 
2.8 	of employment and economic development for the community energy transition grant 
2.9 	program under Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.55. This is a onetime appropriation and is 
2.10 	available until expended.