MN HF2912

Appropriates $2,570,000 in fiscal year 2026 from the renewable development account to the Commissioner of Commerce for a grant to Macalester College in St. Paul

Funds construction of an aquifer-based geothermal energy system to provide space heating and cooling for a new campus residence hall and welcome center

System designed with capacity for future expansion to serve as a district heating and cooling plant for all campus buildings north of Grand Avenue

Appropriation remains available until expended, with a statutory exception to Minnesota Statutes section 116C.779, subdivision 1, paragraph (j)