MN HF3675

Appropriates $4,000,000 from bond proceeds to the commissioner of commerce for grants to public school districts to install solar energy systems on school buildings.

Eligible solar energy systems must be capital improvements with a useful life of at least ten years and have capacity less than 300 kilowatts to match building electrical load.

Divides funding equally between seven-county metropolitan area districts and districts outside the metropolitan area, with grants awarded on a first-come, first-served basis up to 95 percent of design, engineering, acquisition, and installation costs.

Prohibits grant recipients from receiving rebates under Minnesota Statutes section 116C.7791 or from any utility for the same solar energy system.

Authorizes the commissioner of management and budget to sell and issue state bonds up to $4,000,000 to fund the appropriation, effective upon final enactment.