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Legislative Alert! <br />Apri13, 2007 -Page 1 of 2 <br />H.F. 375, the Minnesota Global Warming Mitigation Act, has passed two committees of <br />the Minnesota House and is taking dead aim at killing all new fossil-fired baseload <br />generation additions and its supporting transmission. That will cause MMUA <br />members' power costs to increase dramatically. Although the Minnesota Senate has <br />not yet started debate over the bill, S.F. 192 is almost identical to H.F. 375 and would <br />also intend to kill BSP II if passed. <br />It is time for your voices to be heard by your senators and representatives and the <br />leadership in the Minnesota legislature. Please do this in several ways: <br />1. Have your Utility Commission and/or City Council pass the enclosed <br />resolution. Send the signed resolution to your legislators and the legislative <br />leadership. <br />2. Send letters to your legislators from each individual member of your <br />commission and council urging a thoughtful approach to this legislation and <br />stressing your community's need for a balance approach to future energy needs, <br />including renewables, energy conservation and needed baseload facilities. <br />3. Ask your commercial and industrial customers to also write letters to your <br />legislators and the Minnesota legislative leadership. <br />4. Appeal to all your customers for letters of support to be sent to your legislators <br />and the legislative leadership. <br />It would be most effective if the resolution and all letters are sent to arrive the week <br />of Apri19`h. While we know of some rural legislators that are supportive of new <br />generation and a more thoughtful and balanced climate change bill, they are being <br />flooded with cards and letters supporting efforts to adopt extreme climate change <br />legislation that would kill such projects. We must give them the support they need to <br />oppose this legislation in its present form. <br />It is important that you ACT NOW to generate the show of public support needed to <br />defeat this legislation and protect the balanced approach to base load and renewable <br />generation being taken by municipal and other utilities. Legislators will be back in their <br />home districts over the Easter break and will be getting hit hard by our opponents. We <br />must give our legislators the other side of the story. <br />~iiv~~ <br />