1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to energy; appropriating money to upgrade an existing high-voltage direct 
1.3 	current transmission line from North Dakota to Minnesota.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; HIGH-VOLTAGE DIRECT CURRENT 
1.6 	TRANSMISSION LINE.
 1.7 	$25,000,000 in fiscal year 2024 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner 
1.8 	of commerce for a grant to an investor-owned electric utility that has at least 50,000 retail 
1.9 	electric customers, but no more than 200,000 retail electric customers, to increase the 
1.10 	capacity and improve the reliability of an existing high-voltage direct current transmission 
1.11 	line that runs between North Dakota and Minnesota. This is a onetime appropriation and is 
1.12 	for the match requirement for the formula and discretionary grant programs enacted in the 
1.13 	federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Public Law 117-58.