HF 2928

Minnesota House of Representatives bill in Session 2026 Regular.

Status: unknown. Latest action: April 9, 2026.

A bill for an act relating to energy; requiring preapplication filings for large water appropriation projects; adding information to permit applications for large water appropriation projects; specifying the level of environmental review for data centers; removing data centers' energy consumption from the calculation of a utility's energy savings goal; exempting data centers from making financial contributions to an energy conservation and optimization plan; depositing fee revenues in an account to be used for energy conservation; modifying the definition of large energy facility; establishing energy requirements for data centers; imposing a fee on data centers; requiring the Public Utilities Commission to establish a new tariff for data centers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 103G.265, by adding a subdivision; 103G.271, by adding a subdivision; 116D.04, by adding a subdivision; 216B.2402, subdivision 10; 216B.241, subdivisions 1a, 2a; 216B.2421, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 216B.

Bill ID MN-2026-Regular-HF-2928
Session 2026 Regular
Status unknown
House of Representatives unknown 2026-04-09
Summary

Preapplication filings for large water appropriation projects required, permit application information for large water appropriation projects added, level of environmental review for data centers specified, data centers exempted from making financial contributions to an energy conservation and optimization plan, and other data center provisions modified.

Sponsor
Patty Acomb
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Actions Timeline
Date Event Detail
2025-03-27 Introduced Bill introduced
2026-04-09 Status unknown
2026-04-09 Latest Action Author added Jones pg. 5672
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