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Transportation Finance and Policy

TWELFTH MEETING

2021-2022 Regular Session - Thursday, February 18, 2021

STATE OF MINNESOTA TWELFTH MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NINETY-SECOND SESSION

TRANSPORTATION FINANCE AND POLICY COMMITTEE

MINUTES


Representative Frank Hornstein, Chair of the Transportation Finance and Policy Committee, called the virtual meeting to order at 1:00pm on February 18, 2021, pursuant to House rule 10.01. The meeting was broadcast via Zoom and House Public Information Services.

The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.

Members present:

HORNSTEIN, Frank, Chair
KOEGEL, Erin, Vice-Chair
PETERSBURG, John, Lead
BAHR, Cal
BERNARDY, Connie
ELKINS, Steve
FREDERICK, Luke
HAUSMAN, Alice
HEINRICH, John
KOZNICK, Jon
MASIN, Sandra
MURPHY, Mary
NELSON, Michael
OLSON, Bjorn
RICHARDSON, Ruth
TORKELSON, Paul
WEST, Nolan

A quorum was present.

Rep. John Petersburg moved that the minutes of February 16 be adopted. THE MOTION PREVAILED.


Electrification of Transportation Systems

Kjell Bergh, Chairman, Borton Volvo

Brendan Jordan, Drive Electric Minnesota

Jukka Kukkonen, Shift2Electric

Dean Taylor, PlugIn America

Erik Bigelow, Center for Transportation and the Environment

Joel Donham, Center for Transportation and the Environment

Wayne Kugel, CEO, Zeus Electric Chassis

John Lovenburg, VP – Environmental, BNSF Railway

Nathan Wilcox, EV Hybrid Noire

Josh Fisher, Alliance for Automotive Innovation


Chair Hornstein adjourned the meeting at 2:32pm.




Representative Frank Hornstein, Chair



Dan Dodge, Committee Legislative Assistant
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02:50 - Electrification of transportation systems.
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Electrification of Transportation systems

-Brendan Jordan, Drive Electric Minnesota

-Jukka Kukkonen, Shift2Electric

-Erik Bigelow and Joel Donham, Center for Transportation and the Environment

-Dean Taylor, PlugIn America

-Wayne Kugel and Bob Grinstead, Zeus Electric Chassis, Inc.

-John Lovenburg, BNSF Railway

-Nathan Wilcox, EV Hybrid Noire

-Josh Fisher, Alliance for Automotive Innovation

-Kjell Bergh, Borton Companies

Agenda items may be added or removed.

This remote hearing may be viewed via the House webcast schedule page: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/htv/schedule.asp NOTE: HTV 1 and HTV 2 will provide live closed captioning. Video archives of meetings streamed on HTV 3, 4, and 5 will have closed captions added. Other reasonable accessibility accommodations may be made with advance notice.

Materials related to this meeting are available online: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/Committees/home/92028

This remote hearing is taking place pursuant to House Rule 10.01, which you may view here: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/cco/rules/permrule/1001.htm

If you have questions about the accessibility of remote hearings or require an accommodation, please contact Jenny Nash at: jenny.nash@house.mn or by leaving a message at 651-296-4122. Please do not contact her with questions about the substance of the meeting agenda.