(a) By July 1, 2022, the Energy Transition Advisory Committee established in section 116J.5492 must submit a statewide energy transition plan to the governor and the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees having jurisdiction over economic development and energy.

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Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes 116J.5493

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Minority: means with respect to an individual the period of time during which the individual is a minor. See Minnesota Statutes 645.451
  • state: extends to and includes the District of Columbia and the several territories. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44
  • Tax: means any fee, charge, exaction, or assessment imposed by a governmental entity on an individual, person, entity, transaction, good, service, or other thing. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44

(b) The energy transition plan must, at a minimum, for each impacted facility:

(1) identify the timing and location of impacted facility retirements and projected job losses in communities;

(2) analyze the estimated fiscal impact of impacted facility retirements on local governments;

(3) describe the statutes and administrative processes that govern how retired utility property impacts a local government tax base;

(4) review existing state programs that might support impacted communities and impacted workers, and project the effectiveness of each program’s response to the effects of impacted facility retirements; and

(5) recommend how to effectively respond to the economic effects of impacted facility retirements.