Legislative Session number- 84

Bill Name: SF0940

2E Relating to energy; expanding the definition of farm grown closed loop
biomass under the biomass power mandate to sustainably managed woody biomass,
defining sustainably managed woody biomass; regulating a certain municipal waste
to energy project, specifying certain requirements for the harvesting of woody
biomass, requiring annual preparation of fuel plans and regulating the wood
procurement process, requiring adoption by a certain date of guidelines or best
management practices for sustainably managed woody biomass by the department of
natural resources (DNR) for management and maintenance of brushland and open
land habitat and the by forest resources council for logging slash, partially
exempting the project from certain farm grown closed loop biomass use
requirements and encouraging the university of Minnesota initiative for
renewable energy and the environment to solicit and fund high quality research
projects to develop and consolidate scientific information relating to the
removal of woody biomass from forest and brush lands; modifying certain
conditions and the procedure for public utilities commission (PUC) approval of
pending requests for biomass projects, specifying certain power purchase
agreement requirements
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