as introduced - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 06/26/2024 01:34pm
A bill for an act
relating to energy; appropriating money for an anaerobic digestor energy system.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
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(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 116C.779, subdivision 1, paragraph (j),
$10,000,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $20,000,000 in fiscal year 2025 are appropriated from
the renewable development account established in Minnesota Statutes, section 116C.779,
subdivision 1, to the commissioner of commerce for a grant to Recycling and Energy, in
partnership with Dem-Con HZI Bioenergy, LLC, to construct an anerobic digestor energy
system in the city of Shakopee.
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(b) For the purposes of this section, "anaerobic digestor energy system" means a facility
that uses diverted food and organic waste from a metropolitan county, as defined under
Minnesota Statutes, section 473.121, subdivision 4, to create renewable natural gas and
biochar.
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This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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