1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to energy; appropriating money to Linden Hills Power and Light for a 
1.3 	community digester and neighborhood district heating and cooling demonstration 
1.4 	project.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. COMMUNITY DIGESTER DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.
 1.7 	$45,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2008 from the general fund to the 
1.8 	commissioner of commerce for a grant to Linden Hills Power and Light for preliminary 
1.9 	engineering design work and other technical and legal services required for a community 
1.10 	digester and neighborhood district heating and cooling system demonstration project in 
1.11 	the Linden Hills neighborhood of Minneapolis. A portion of the appropriation may be 
1.12 	used to expand the scope of the project feasibility study to include portions of adjacent 
1.13 	communities including St. Louis Park and Edina.