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MN SF2584
Bill
Status
3/6/2023
Primary Sponsor
David Dibble
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AI Summary
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Establishes a clean transportation standard requiring Minnesota's transportation fuel carbon intensity to be reduced 25% below 2018 baseline by 2030, 75% by 2040, and 100% by 2050.
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Creates a market-based system where fuel providers generate credits for cleaner fuels and deficits for higher-carbon fuels, with trading and banking mechanisms allowed.
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Provides credit premiums of 5% for cropland-derived biofuels using soil-healthy farming practices and 10% for those using continuous living cover cropping systems.
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Commissioner of Pollution Control Agency must establish annual carbon intensity standards by rule in consultation with multiple state departments and an advisory committee including agriculture, transportation, environmental, and community representatives.
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Appropriates $900,000 in fiscal year 2024 to implement the act, with commissioner required to report on program implementation to the legislature 48 months and 5 years after rule adoption.
Legislative Description
Clean Transportation Standard Act establishment and appropriation
Last Action
Withdrawn and re-referred to Transportation
2/19/2024