1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to energy; authorizing certificates of need for certain small modular 
1.3 	reactors;amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 216B.243, subdivision 3b.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 216B.243, subdivision 3b, is amended to read:
1.6 		Subd. 3b.Nuclear power plant; certain new construction prohibited; relicensing. (a) 
1.7 	Except as provided in paragraph (c), the commission may not issue a certificate of need for 
1.8 	the construction of a new nuclear-powered electric generating plant.
1.9 	(b) Any certificate of need for additional storage of spent nuclear fuel for a facility 
1.10 	seeking a license extension shall address the impacts of continued operations over the period 
1.11 	for which approval is sought.
1.12 	(c) The commission may issue a certificate of need to construct a new nuclear-powered 
1.13 	generating plant with a maximum generation capacity of 300 megawatts.