SF2084 Summary

• Modifies solar energy production incentive program by extending funding allocations and adding $10,000,000 each for fiscal years 2021 and 2022, with unspent funds from 2023 onward transferred to renewable development account.

• Establishes Community Energy Transition Grant program providing up to $500,000 per grant to counties, municipalities, or tribal governments affected by closure of coal, nuclear, or natural gas power plants, funded with $2,000,000 from renewable development account in fiscal year 2021.

• Creates Prairie Island Net Zero Project with $16,000,000 appropriation in fiscal year 2021 to the Prairie Island Indian Community for developing renewable energy systems achieving net zero emissions, with base funding of $15,200,000 in 2022 and $15,000,000 in 2023.

• Appropriates $2,750,000 in fiscal year 2021 to the city of Granite Falls for purchasing a new hydroelectric turbine to expand generating capacity and repair structural damage, with $400,000 designated for flood damage repairs.

• Allows public utility subject to section 116C.7791 to file mortgages or deeds of trust between May 1, 2020, and December 31, 2020, with Secretary of State as alternative to county recorder filing, maintaining same legal effect.