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House Climate and Energy Finance and Policy Committee
Monday, April 25 2022 - Archive Video
01:41 - HF4436 (Liebling) Rochester; municipal district heating and cooling energy distribution system funding provided, and money appropriated (informational hearing).
24:07 - Presentation on climate projections for Minnesota.
37:26 - Presentation on Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - Working Group 3's Sixth Assessment Report on Mitigation of Climate Change.
Runs 1 hour, 25 minutes.
House Climate and Energy Finance and Policy Committee
Thursday, April 7 2022 - Archive Video
01:24 - HF3337 (Long) Omnibus climate and energy supplemental finance and policy bill.
-Mark-up of the bill.
Runs 47 minutes.
House Climate and Energy Finance and Policy Committee
Wednesday, April 6 2022 - Archive Video
00:57 - HF3337 (Long) Omnibus climate and energy supplemental finance and policy bill.
-Public testimony.
Runs 1 hour, 10 minutes.
House Climate and Energy Finance and Policy Committee
Tuesday, April 5 2022 - Archive Video
01:28 - HF3337 (Long) Omnibus climate and energy supplemental finance and policy bill.
-Walk-through of the delete-all amendment.
Runs 1 hour.
House Climate and Energy Finance and Policy Committee
Thursday, March 31 2022 - Archive Video
01:51 - Update on Metropolitan Council's Zero Emission Bus Transition Plan.
14:01 - HF4631 (Lee) Weather trend integration research funding provided for designing and operating public buildings for operational cost reduction and damage prevention from extreme weather events, report required, and money appropriated.
24:59 - HF3759 (Acomb) Weather resiliency program funding provided to the University of Minnesota Extension Service, and money appropriated.
39:59 - HF3985 (Christensen) Community energy transition grant program modified, and money appropriated.
46:56 - HF4653 (Hollins) Public utility allowed to file program with public utilities commission for electric school bus deployment program.
1:03:35 - HF1978 (Lislegard) Mountain Iron Economic Development Authority grant funding provided to expand city-owned building housing solar panel manufacturer, and money appropriated.
Runs 1 hour, 21 minutes.
House Climate and Energy Finance and Policy Committee
Tuesday, March 29 2022 - Archive Video
02:02 - Presentation on clean fuels stakeholder sessions.
24:52 - HF2083 (Lippert) Transportation fuel carbon intensity reduction standards established, account created, report required, and money appropriated (informational hearing).
1:02:03 - HF4654 (Long) Energy and climate change need supplemental budget established, renewable development account modified, water utility energy resilience program established, energy and climate change technology investment fund established, reports required, and money appropriated.
Runs 1 hour, 32 minutes.
House Climate and Energy Finance and Policy Committee
Thursday, March 24 2022 - Archive Video
01:38 - Presentations on natural gas price affordability.
18:50 - HF3944 (Sandstede) Polar Vortex of February 2021; refundable tax credit for excess energy cost due to extreme cold weather allowed, utilities required to disclose information, and money appropriated.
56:48 - HF4567 (Rasmusson) Public Utilities Commission regulation process created allowing natural gas utilities to sell bonds as a way to reduce economic impacts on customers when extraordinary events damage utility infrastructure or impose significant costs, account established, and money appropriated.
Runs 1 hour, 26 minutes.
House Climate and Energy Finance and Policy Committee
Tuesday, March 22 2022 - Archive Video
01:39 - HF4404 (Reyer) Public building solar energy generating system installation program established to award grants, report required, and money appropriated.
29:19 - HF4402 (Long) Solar energy production incentive program extended, energy storage incentive program established, and money appropriated.
47:57 - HF4305 (Long) Solar energy production incentive program extended, energy storage incentive program established, and money appropriated.
1:04:29 - HF3897 (Hollins) Residential building electric panel upgrade grant program established, and money appropriated.
Runs 1 hour, 31 minutes.
House Climate and Energy Finance and Policy Committee
Thursday, March 17 2022 - Archive Video
01:21 - Presentation on Solar on Schools.
-Department of Commerce and Xcel Energy.
25:59 - HF3905 (Bierman) Preweatherization measure installation in eligible low-income household funding provided, and money appropriated.
1:03:09 - HF2624 (Lippert) Property assessed clean energy program modified.
1:13:18 - HF1289 (Hollins) Public Utilities Commission proceedings participant compensation provisions modified.
Runs 1 hour, 29 minutes.
House Climate and Energy Finance and Policy Committee
Tuesday, March 15 2022 - Archive Video
02:35 - HF2200 (Vang) Climate change grant program established to provide financial assistance to cities, and money appropriated.
1:09:37 - HF4180 (Stephenson) National Sports Center solar array funding provided, and money appropriated.
1:25:55 - HF3921 (Swedzinski) Granite Falls; hydroelectric generating facility repair grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
Runs 1 hour, 32 minutes.
House Climate and Energy Finance and Policy Committee
Thursday, March 10 2022 - Archive Video
02:19 - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - Working Group 2's Sixth Assessment Report on Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability.
41:12 - HF3043 (Stephenson) Geothermal energy demonstration project funding provided, and money appropriated.
1:00:25 - HF2698 (Christensen) Electric generation facilities; submission of a decommissioning and demolition plan required for a scheduled retirement.
1:07:44 - HF3907 (Pinto) Solar photovoltaic array installation contingency fund established to pay costs.
Runs 1 hour, 31 minutes.
House Climate and Energy Finance and Policy Committee
Tuesday, March 8 2022 - Archive Video
01:37 - Climate change and the insurance industry.
52:54 - The net-zero transition: What it would cost, what it could bring.
1:05:15 - Calculating the Social Cost of Carbon and state level policy.
Runs 1 hour, 29 minutes.
House Climate and Energy Finance and Policy Committee
Thursday, March 3 2022 - Archive Video
01:19 - Energy storage in Minnesota.
1:06:33 - HF1651 (Hollins) All investor-owned utilities required to submit a photovoltaic demand credit rider with the Public Utilities Commission.
Runs 1 hour, 31 minutes.
House Climate and Energy Finance and Policy Committee
Tuesday, March 1 2022 - Archive Video
01:27 - HF3614 (Long) Public Utilities Commission acquisition cost limit requiring approval increased.
15:12 - HF3151 (Stephenson) Public utility dispute resolution consumer dispute procedures provided.
37:21 - HF3337 (Long) Utility report submission dates modified.
39:19 - HF3431 (Acomb) Greenhouse gas emission reduction strategies report funding provided, and money appropriated.
1:24:06 - HF2234 (Boe) Electric vehicle charging stations required at county government centers, and money appropriated (informational hearing).
Runs 1 hour, 28 minutes.
House Climate and Energy Finance and Policy Committee
Thursday, February 24 2022 - Archive Video
01:50 - "A Better Building Code" report.
18:03 - HFXXX / BE 159 (Long) Requiring owners of certain buildings to enter energy use data into a benchmarking tool; requiring public disclosure of energy use data (informational hearing).
45:17 - HF831 (Long) Energy code adoption for new commercial buildings modified.
1:04:59 - HFXXX / AS 080 (Long) Requiring infrastructure to support the charging of electric vehicles (informational hearing).
Runs 1 hour, 31 minutes.
House Climate and Energy Finance and Policy Committee
Tuesday, February 22 2022 - Archive Video
01:24 - Xcel Energy's Integrated Resource Plan.
1:09:53 - HF3222 (Lippert) Northfield; innovative electric grid management project development and deployment funding provided, and money appropriated.
Runs 1 hour, 30 minutes.
House Climate and Energy Finance and Policy Committee
Thursday, February 17 2022 - Archive Video
01:38 - Weatherization in Minnesota compared to other states.
13:51 - Working Group's Weatherization Report.
51:00 - Informational hearing on BE 163/HFXXXX (Bierman) A bill for an act relating to energy; making clean energy occupations eligible for dual-training programs; establishing a weatherization apprenticeship grant program; specifying the uses of supplementary state weatherization grants; appropriating money.
Runs 1 hour, 27 minutes.
House Climate and Energy Finance and Policy Committee
Tuesday, February 15 2022 - Archive Video
01:25 - Electric vehicle charging infrastructure in Minnesota.
19:14 - Electric vehicle market and businesses in Minnesota.
51:42 - HF1668 (Stephenson) EV preference, rebates, promotion, grants, etc (informational hearing).
1:14:47 - HF1853 (Bierman) Electric vehicle charging station installation in state parks required, and money appropriated (informational hearing).
1:21:37 - BE 154/HFXXXX (Bierman) Relating to transportation; providing financial assistance for the installation of electric vehicle charging stations in trunk highway rest areas; appropriating money (informational hearing).
Runs 1 hour, 26 minutes.
House Climate and Energy Finance and Policy Committee
Thursday, February 10 2022 - Archive Video
01:53 - Transmission: Challenges.
32:53 - Transmission: Solutions.
1:11:01 - Transmission: Legislative options for the Grid.
Runs 1 hour, 31 minutes.
House Climate and Energy Finance and Policy Committee
Tuesday, February 8 2022 - Archive Video
02:27 - State impact of the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
43:20 - HF2875 (Long) Prairie Island Indian Community Net Zero project deadline modified.
1:02:32 - Construction Materials Environmental Impact Study.
Runs 1 hour, 31 minutes.
House Climate and Energy Finance and Policy Committee
Thursday, February 3 2022 - Archive Video
02:48 - Climate Justice: Understanding impacts and possible solutions.
1:04:08 - HFXXXX (Lee) Modifying requirement to analyze and consider cumulative pollution before issuing air quality permit.
*This was an informational hearing and no action was taken.
Runs 1 hour, 33 minutes.
House Climate and Energy Finance and Policy Committee
Tuesday, June 15 2021 - Archive Video
01:26 - Staff walkthrough of HF6 (Stephenson) Special Session omnibus commerce, climate, and energy finance and policy bill.
32:09 - Presentation on American Jobs Plan impact in Minnesota.
Runs 1 hour, 25 minutes.
House Climate and Energy Finance and Policy Committee
Wednesday, May 5 2021 - Archive Video
01:53 - SF1018 (Bierman) Gas utility infrastructure cost recovery sunset eliminated.
Runs 8 minutes.
House Climate and Energy Finance and Policy Committee
Friday, April 9 2021 - Archive Video
01:01 - HF2110 (Long) Omnibus climate and energy finance and policy bill.
- Bill mark-up.
- Vote on bill.
2 hours, 17 minutes.
House Climate and Energy Finance and Policy Committee
Thursday, April 8 2021 - Archive Video
01:43 - HF2110 (Long) Omnibus climate and energy finance and policy bill.
- Bill mark-up.
Runs 1 hour, 32 minutes.
House Climate and Energy Finance and Policy Committee
Wednesday, April 7 2021 - Archive Video
02:16 - HF2110 (Long) Omnibus climate and energy finance and policy bill.
- Public testimony.
Runs 1 hour, 31 minutes.
House Climate and Energy Finance and Policy Committee
Tuesday, April 6 2021 - Archive Video
02:55 - HF2110 (Long) Omnibus climate and energy finance and policy bill.
17:25 - Walk-through of the delete-everything amendment.
1:00:50 - Member discussion.
Runs 1 hour, 23 minutes.
House Climate and Energy Finance and Policy Committee
Friday, March 26 2021 - Archive Video
2:25 - HF2109 (Long) Solar photovoltaic device installation in state-owned buildings funding provided, and money appropriated.
16:20 - HF2234 (Boe) Electric vehicle charging stations required at county government centers, and money appropriated.
34:05HFXXXX/BE086 (Lislegard) Requiring the reporting of the global warming impacts of certain construction materials used in state buildings.
50:20 - HF1486 (Sundin) Wood pellet production financial incentive program established, and money appropriated.
*Bills may be added to the agenda.
Runs 1 hour, 30 minutes.
House Climate and Energy Finance and Policy Committee
Thursday, March 25 2021 - Archive Video
02:50 - HF1750 (Christensen) Energy Transition Legacy Office established, transition communities and worker advisory committee, state transition plan development required for communities and worker impacted by power plan retirement, and money appropriated.
31:37 - HF1850 (Bierman) Solar energy system purchase and installation temporary credit provided.
51:07 - HFXXXX/BE081 (Acomb) Providing a grant to the University of Minnesota to generate projections of climate variables across the state through the rest of this century; appropriating money.
1:11:41 - HFXXVX/21-03629 (Lee) Establishing a grant program to promote energy conservation and renewable energy systems in certain buildings; requiring a report; appropriating money.
*Both HFXXXX/21-03629 and HFXXXX/BE081 are being heard informationally.
Runs 1 hour, 30 minutes.
House Climate and Energy Finance and Policy Committee
Thursday, March 18 2021 - Archive Video
01:14 - HF239 (Stephenson) Natural Gas Innovation Act established, and natural gas utilities encouraged to develop innovative resources.
47:01 - HF1270 (Lee) Clean energy sector career training pilot project for youth from underserved communities funding provided, and money appropriated.
1:17:04 - HF1978 (Lislegard) Mountain Iron Economic Development Authority grant to expand city-owned building housing solar panel manufacturer funding provided, and money appropriated.
Runs 1 hour, 33 minutes.
House Climate and Energy Finance and Policy Committee
Wednesday, March 17 2021 - Archive Video
02:59 - HF2216 (Long) Municipal utilities paying unusually high prices for natural gas in February 2021 loan program established, program established to defray high natural gas bills from February 2021 price spike for low-income households, and money appropriated.
59:31 - HF1135 (Bierman) Gas utility infrastructure cost recovery sunset eliminated.
Runs 1 hour, 13 minutes.
House Climate and Energy Finance and Policy Committee
Tuesday, March 16 2021 - Archive Video
03:35 - Public Utilities Commission budget presentation.
18:00 - Department of Commerce budget presentation.
29:05 - HF1879 (Lippert) Energy qualified facility reuse and redevelopment provided, bond retirement to facilitate closed landfill solar project funding provided, reports required, and money appropriated.
41:45 - HF2054 (Christensen) Resource plans required to include efforts to minimize facility retirement worker impact.
57:00 - HFXXXX (Her) Relating to microgrids; providing a grant; appropriating money.
Runs 1 hour, 24 minutes.
House Climate and Energy Finance and Policy Committee
Thursday, March 11 2021 - Archive Video
02:11 HF2083 (Lippert) Establishing a standard to reduce the carbon intensity of transportation fuels; setting fees; creating an account; requiring a report.
49:12 HF1647 (Hollins) Department of Commerce required to assist any tribal advocacy council on energy established by the 11 federally recognized Indian tribes in Minnesota.
57:22 HF1987 (Long) Emission goals for existing buildings modified.
1:13:58 HFXXXX (Hollins) Requiring public utilities to deploy energy storage systems.
Runs 1 hour, 31 minutes.
House Climate and Energy Finance and Policy Committee
Tuesday, March 9 2021 - Archive Video
01:15 - HF653 (Acomb) Community solar garden siting provisions modified.
43:00 - HF1397 (Long) Community solar garden program modified.
1:20:50 - HFXXXX (Long) Modifying the community solar garden program.
Runs 1 hour, 31 minutes.
House Climate and Energy Finance and Policy Committee
Thursday, March 4 2021 - Archive Video
01:54 - HFXXXX (Bierman) Establishing a task force to analyze options for increasing the provision of weatherization services to low-income households.
21:39 - HFXXXX (Lippert) Relating to siting solar generating systems; modifying siting prohibitions with respect to prime farmland.
52:08 - HFXXXX (Stephenson) Exempting certain wind and solar projects from the requirement to obtain a certificate of need; amending the definition of "solar energy generating system"; adding factors the commission must consider in approving sites and routes for electric generating plants; requiring the installation of lighting systems for certain wind turbines.
Runs 1 hour, 32 minutes.
House Climate and Energy Finance and Policy Committee
Tuesday, March 2 2021 - Archive Video
01:29 - HF1255 (Hansen) Electric cogeneration activity power purchase agreement authorized.
39:19 - HF1592 (Richardson) Energy grantees and utilities required to submit annual diversity report.
57:45 - HFXXXX (Lippert) Establishing a nonprofit corporation to provide financing and leverage private investment for clean energy and other projects; requiring a report; appropriating money.
Runs 1 hour, 25 minutes.
House Climate and Energy Finance and Policy Committee and the Senate Energy and Utilities Finance and Policy Committee
Friday, February 26 2021 - Archive Video
00:16 - Natural gas price spikes and the impact on Minnesotans.
Runs 1 hour, 33 minutes.
House Climate and Energy Finance and Policy Committee
Thursday, February 25 2021 - Archive Video
01:05 - HF751 (Acomb) Beneficial building electrification goals established to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve public health.
33:05 - HF1256 (Acomb) Minnesota efficient technology accelerator established to benefit utility consumers by deployment acceleration and cost reduction of emerging and innovating efficient technologies.
1:10:40 - HFXXXX (Bierman) Requiring new construction and major remodeling of residential structures and parking facilities to contain electrical infrastructure to allow for the build-out of electric vehicle charging stations.
- Informational hearing only.
Runs 1 hour, 31 minutes.
House Climate and Energy Finance and Policy Committee
Tuesday, February 23 2021 - Archive Video
02:18 A perspective on the solar industry.
05:10 HF1427 (Acomb) Solar energy use on school building program established.
39:00 HF1226 (Acomb) Renewable qualifying energy facility avoided cost pricing requirement eliminated.
1:05:57 HF1423 (Christensen) Appropriating money to install solar photovoltaic devices in certain state parks.
1:17:09 HFXXXX (Hollins) Requiring all investor-owned utilities to submit a photovoltaic demand credit rider with the Public Utilities Commission.
Runs 1 hour, 32 minutes.
House Climate and Energy Finance and Policy Committee
Thursday, February 18 2021 - Archive Video
04:21 - Presentation on the state of electric vehicles in Minnesota.
45:59 - Informational hearing on HFXXXX (Stephenson) Establishing preference for purchase of electric vehicles for state fleet; requiring certification of training of motor vehicle dealer employees; providing rebates for electric vehicle purchases; requiring certain utilities to file plans with the Public Utilities Commission to promote electric vehicles; awarding grants to automobile dealers to defray cost of manufacturer certification allowing electric vehicle sales.
1:05:00 - Informational hearing on HFXXXX (Lee) requiring the purchase of electric buses by the Metropolitan Council.
1:13:27 - Informational hearing on HFXXXX (Hollins) allowing a public utility to file a program with the PUC to promote the deployment of electric school buses.
1:27:43 - Informational hearing on HFXXXX (Bierman) requiring installation of electric vehicle charging stations in state parks.
Runs 1 hour, 33 minutes.
House Climate and Energy Finance and Policy Committee
Tuesday, February 16 2021 - Archive Video
01:25 - Informational hearing on HFXXX (Acomb) Amending state greenhouse gas reduction goals; requiring governmental actions to be consistent with state greenhouse gas reduction goals; increasing the frequency of a report.
48:10 - Informational hearing on HFXXX (Hollins) Modifying provisions providing for a participant's compensation in certain Public Utilities Commission proceedings.
1:10:00 - Informational Hearing on HFXXXX (Lippert) Directing the Public Utilities Commission to develop incentives to encourage certain utility investments promoting distributed energy resource interconnections.
Runs 1 hour, 31 minutes.
House Climate and Energy Finance and Policy Committee
Thursday, February 11 2021 - Archive Video
01:04 - HF10 (Stephenson) Clean Energy First Act established.
Runs 1 hour, 34 minutes.
House Climate and Energy Finance and Policy Committee
Tuesday, February 9 2021 - Archive Video
02:35 - Presentation on the Building Efficiency Workgroup Recommendations.
24:10 - Informational hearing on HFXXXX (Long) Modifying energy code for new commercial buildings.
1:06:00 - Informational hearing on HFXXXX (Acomb) Extending the cold weather rule.
Runs 1 hour, 28 minutes.
House Climate and Energy Finance and Policy Committee
Thursday, February 4 2021 - Archive Video
2:03 - HF70 (Freiberg) State building energy conservation revolving loan fund established, and money appropriated.
34:07 - HF257 (Wazlawik) Residential solar energy system use restrictions prohibited.
Runs 1 hour, 26 minutes.
House Climate and Energy Finance and Policy Committee
Tuesday, February 2 2021 - Archive Video
01:57 - Informational Hearing on Securitization.
Runs 1 hour, 25 minutes.
Joint hearing of the House Capital Investment Committee and the House Climate and Energy Finance and Policy Committee
Friday, January 29 2021 - Archive Video
01:25 - Infrastructure investments for a more sustainable, climate resilient Minnesota.
Runs 1 hour, 31 minutes.
House Climate and Energy Finance and Policy Committee
Thursday, January 28 2021 - Archive Video
01:52 - HF278 (Long) Electric utility renewable energy standard obligations modified, and Public Utility Commission authority to issue electric generation facility site permits modified.
Runs 1 hour, 31 minutes.
House Climate and Energy Finance and Policy Committee
Tuesday, January 26 2021 - Archive Video
01:53 - HF164 (Stephenson) Energy Conservation and Optimization Act of 2021.
Runs 1 hour, 25 minutes.
House Climate and Energy Finance and Policy Committee
Thursday, January 21 2021 - Archive Video
01:44 - HFXXXX - 100% Clean Energy Standard.
Runs 1 hour 30 minutes.
House Climate and Energy Finance and Policy Committee
Tuesday, January 19 2021 - Archive Video
02:55 - Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Report.
1:06:00 - Energy Innovation's Energy Policy Simulator.
Runs 1 hour, 30 minutes.
House Climate and Energy Finance and Policy Committee
Thursday, January 14 2021 - Archive Video
1:51 - Climate Solutions in Minnesota.
Runs 1 hour, 36 minutes.
House Climate and Energy Finance and Policy Committee
Tuesday, January 12 2021 - Archive Video
Introductions.
06:53 - Climate Impacts on Minnesotans.
Runs 1 hour, 31 minutes.