1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 3033, as amended by the delete everything
1.2amendment (H3033DE1), as follows:
1.3Page 1, after line 4, insert:

1.4    "Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 116C.779, subdivision 1, is amended to
1.5read:
1.6    Subdivision 1. Renewable development account. (a) The public utility that owns
1.7the Prairie Island nuclear generating plant must transfer to a renewable development
1.8account $16,000,000 annually $500,000 each year for each dry cask containing spent fuel
1.9that is located at the Prairie Island power plant for each year the plant is in operation, and
1.10$7,500,000 each year the plant is not in operation if ordered by the commission pursuant
1.11to paragraph (d). The fund transfer must be made if nuclear waste is stored in a dry cask at
1.12the independent spent-fuel storage facility at Prairie Island for any part of a year. Funds
1.13in the account may be expended only for development of renewable energy sources.
1.14Preference must be given to development of renewable energy source projects located
1.15within the state. The utility that owns a nuclear generating plant is eligible to apply for
1.16renewable development fund grants. The utility's proposals must be evaluated by the
1.17renewable development fund board in a manner consistent with that used to evaluate other
1.18renewable development fund project proposals.
1.19    (b) The public utility that owns the Monticello nuclear generating plant must transfer
1.20to the renewable development account $350,000 each year for each dry cask containing
1.21spent fuel that is located at the Monticello nuclear power plant for each year the plant is
1.22in operation, and $5,250,000 each year the plant is not in operation if ordered by the
1.23commission pursuant to paragraph (d). The fund transfer must be made if nuclear waste
1.24is stored in a dry cask at the independent spent-fuel storage facility at Monticello for
1.25any part of a year.
1.26     (c) Expenditures from the account may only be made after approval by order of the
1.27Public Utilities Commission upon a petition by the public utility.
2.1     (d) After discontinuation of operation of the Prairie Island nuclear plant or the
2.2Monticello nuclear plant and each year spent nuclear fuel is stored in dry cask at the
2.3discontinued facility, the commission shall require the public utility to pay $7,500,000 for
2.4the discontinued Prairie Island facility and $5,250,000 for the discontinued Monticello
2.5facility for any year in which the commission finds, by the preponderance of the evidence,
2.6that the public utility did not make a good faith effort to remove the spent nuclear
2.7fuel stored at the facility to a permanent or interim storage site out of the state. This
2.8determination shall be made at least every two years.
2.9EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment."
2.10Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
2.11Amend the title accordingly