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MONTICELLO NUCLEAR POWER UNIT CONSTRUCTION ALLOWED HF 338 Rep. Marion O'Neill (R-Maple Lake) SF 536 Sen. Bruce Anderson(R-Buffalo) To allow the construction of a new nuclear-powered electric generating unit in Monticello. STATUS: SF 536 received an informational hearing in the Senate Environment and Energy Committee,but no official action was taken. HF 338 did not receive a hearing in the House. CON EXEMPTIONS FOR NATURAL GAS FACILITIES SELLING POWER OUT OF STATE HF 341 Rep. Chris Swedzinski (R-Ghent) SF 237 Sen. Julie Rosen(R-Vernon Center) To exempt natural gas-powered electric generation facilities that do not sell output to wholesale or retail customers in Minnesota from the requirement to obtain a certificate of need. STATUS: This bill received hearings in both the House and Senate,but ultimately was not included in either body's energy omnibus bills. LEC ENERGY FUTURES FRAMEWORK FUNDING IN LCCMR BILL HF 390 Rep. Paul Torkelson(R-Hanska) SF 698 Sen. Kari Dziedzic (DFL-Minneapolis) To provide the Legislative Energy Commission with a$1 million appropriation for data collection and analysis to develop strategies to increase energy efficiency and the use of clean energy in Minnesota. This funding would come from the environmental trust fund, and was recommended by the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources. Numerous other appropriations related to habitat, forestry,water quality, and parks and trails were included in this bill. STATUS: The funding for the LEC was removed before the LCCMR bill was passed into law (2015 Session Laws, Chapter 76). LEC ASSESSMENT CHANGE HF 492 Rep. Jim Newberger(R-Becker) SF 726 Sen. Dave Brown(R-Becker) To modify the assessment formula for the Legislative Energy Commission and collect 34 percent from companies that manufacture renewable energy technologies. The assessment percentage from utilities would be decreased from 50 to 33 percent. STATUS: This language was initially included in the draft House jobs/energy omnibus bill,but was removed before the bill's passage out of committee. SF 726 did not receive a hearing in the Senate. 132