1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to energy; appropriating money to repair and expand the generating capacity 
1.3 	of the Granite Falls hydroelectric generating facility.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION.
 1.6 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 116C.779, subdivision 1, paragraph (j), 
1.7 	$2,750,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2021 from the renewable development account 
1.8 	established under Minnesota Statutes, section 116C.779, subdivision 1, to the commissioner 
1.9 	of commerce for a grant to the city of Granite Falls to purchase a new turbine to expand the 
1.10 	electric generating capacity of the city's existing hydroelectric generating facility. Of this 
1.11 	amount, $400,000 is to repair structural damage and erosion caused by flooding to the 
1.12 	building that houses the turbines that generate electricity.

1.13 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.