Senate Environment, Economic Development, and Agriculture Budget Assembled Taking a vastly different approach than the House in both process and content, the Senate Environment, Economic Development, and Agriculture Budget Division quickly assembled its omnibus budget bill ( SF 2101 )...
Read more House Assembles Energy Omnibus Last week, the House Job Growth and Energy Affordability (JGEA) Committee passed its omnibus finance and policy bill. The jurisdiction of this committee is large, so in addition to energy provisions, the bill ( HF 843 ) includes policy and budget items...
Read more Congress is now on their annual two-week spring recess, but only after finishing up a rather productive week, at least for Congress. Both chambers passed respective budget resolutions, something that doesn’t happen every year—the Senate has passed a budget only twice in the last six...
Read more CHP Bill Discussed in House Energy On Monday, the House Job Growth and Energy Affordability Committee discussed HF 813 , which would add combined heat and power (CHP) and cogeneration facilities to the definition of new large energy facilities that are allowed to be constructed and not...
Read more Welcome to the new MMUA Online! We’ve put a lot of thought and a lot of work into our new site and we hope you like it. Here are some things you might like to know about the new site: It’s “responsive,” which means it works great on cell phones and tablets....
Read more Senate Energy Omnibus Emerges This week, the Senate Environment and Energy Committee assembled its omnibus energy bill (SF 1431 ) onto the body of the DER policy bill. Hearings on individual bills were held on Tuesday and Thursday, some of which were then amended onto the omnibus...
Read more Municipal Power Agency Bill Pulled from Agenda Legislation that would subject municipal power agencies to the open meeting law (SF 978) was originally scheduled for a hearing on Friday in the Senate Judiciary Committee. Thanks to lobbying efforts and MMUA members’ swift outreach,...
Read more Senate Tax Reform Division Hears Refundable Sales Tax Bill On Tuesday, the Senate Tax Reform Division heard SF 532, the bill which would make the sales tax on construction materials for local governments refundable. The bill is authored by Division chair, Sen. Ann Rest (DFL-New Hope). Sen....
Read more The Capitol Letter, Vol. 14, No. 4, Feb. 27, 2015 House Environment Committee Discusses MPCA Wild Rice Water Standards On Tuesday and Wednesday, the House Environment and Natural Resources Committee discussed HF 1000 (Rep. Carly Melin, DFL-Hibbing), related to the state’s...
Read more The Capitol Letter Vol. 14, No. 3, Feb. 19, 2015 House Committee Debates Coal Power Import Lawsuit On Monday, the House Job Growth and Energy Affordability Committee discussed HF 639, a bill that would repeal a provision of the 2007 Next Generation Energy Act that...
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