2025 Bills of interest to PUC & Utilities Bills
Updated 6/12/26 4:06 AM
Bills highlighted green were tracked this past week. Status cells highlighted yellow either had a status change this past week and/or have an upcoming hearing.
| Bill | Title | Sponsor | Categories | Status & Hearings | Position |
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| SF 4554 (HF 4377) | Pipeline Cert. of Need Required Elements Clarification In An Application To The Public Utilities Commission For A Certificate Of Need For A Petroleum Pipeline |
Dibble | A-List Support Fossil and Biofuels New & Notable PUC & Utilities | Author added Fateh (5/11/26) |
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| SF 5106 | Utility Wildfire Safety Plans Establishment | Hauschild | new N&N PUC & Utilities | Referred to Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate (4/13/26) |
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| HF 4825 (SF 4849) | Ratepayer Protection Act Rate Recovery Of Executive Pay For Public Utilities Limited, And Utility Expenses That May Not Be Recovered From Ratepayers Specified. |
Sencer-Mura | A-List Support Energy New & Notable new N&N PUC & Utilities | Author added Xiong (4/9/26) |
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| HF 4829 | Provisions To Support Deployment Of Energy Storage Added And Modified, Public Utilities Commission Directed To Issue An Order, Utilities Required To Install An Energy Storage System , Incentive Program Established, And Money Appropriated. | Hollins | A-List Support new N&N PUC & Utilities | Author added Xiong (4/9/26) |
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| HF 4874 (SF 5030) | Electric Cooperatives And Municipal Utilities; Recovery Of Fixed Costs Clarified With Respect To Net Metered Facilities, Meter Aggregation Allowed For Electric Cooperatives And Municipal Utilities, Commission Authority Clarified With Respect To Electric Cooperative Practices, Member Access To Cooperative Documents And Meetings Improved, And Electronic Voting And Voting By Mail Required For Cooperative Board Directors. | Hansen, R. | new N&N PUC & Utilities | Introduction and first reading, referred to Energy Finance and Policy (4/9/26) |
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| HF 4919 (SF 4591) | Distributed Energy Resource Aggregator Standards Established, Fees Authorized, And Money Appropriated. | Baker | Energy New & Notable PUC & Utilities | Introduction and first reading, referred to Energy Finance and Policy (4/9/26) |
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| HF 4924 (SF 4942) | Municipal Electric Utilities Exempted From The Lice-cycle Analysis Requirement. | Igo | Carbon Free Rollbacks B-List Oppose new N&N PUC & Utilities | Introduction and first reading, referred to Energy Finance and Policy (4/9/26) |
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| SF 5030 (HF 4874) | Recovery Of Certain Fixed Costs Clarification With Respect To Net Metered Facilities | Hoffman | new N&N PUC & Utilities | Referred to Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate (4/9/26) |
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| HF 4377 (SF 4554) | Pipeline Cert. of Need Required Elements In An Application To The Public Utilities Commission For A Certificate Of Need For A Petroleum Pipeline Specified. |
Jones | A-List Support Fossil and Biofuels New & Notable PUC & Utilities | Author added Falconer (4/7/26) 03/24/26 1:00 PM in Capitol 123 - Energy Finance and Policy |
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| SF 4849 (HF 4825) | Ratepayer Protection Act Certain Public Utilities Rate Recovery Of Executive Pay Limitations Provision And Certain Utility Expenses That May Not Be Recovered From Ratepayers Specification Provision |
Marty | A-List Support Energy New & Notable new N&N PUC & Utilities | Author added McEwen (4/7/26) |
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| SF 4942 (HF 4924) | Certain Municipal Electric Utilities Exemption From The Life-cycle Analysis Requirement | Farnsworth | Carbon Free Rollbacks B-List Oppose new N&N PUC & Utilities | Referred to Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate (4/7/26) |
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| SF 4590 (HF 4560) | Public Utilities Commission Technical And Clarification Changes To Statues | Frentz | Energy New & Notable PUC & Utilities | Second reading (3/25/26) 03/23/26 12:30 PM in 1150 Minnesota Senate Bldg. - Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate |
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| HF 485 (SF 468) | Small Modular Certificates Of Need Authorized. | Mekeland | PUC & Utilities | Author added Rarick (3/23/26) |
Keep Minnesota's Nuclear Moratorium in Place! |
| HF 3688 (SF 4534) | Expenditures On Fuel-switching Improvements Made To Low-income Households Allowed To Apply To Low-income Conservation Spending Requirements For Municipal Utilities And Cooperative Electric Associations. | Sexton | Fossil and Biofuels Energy PUC & Utilities | Second reading (3/23/26) 03/12/26 1:00 PM in Capitol 123 - Energy Finance and Policy |
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| HF 4560 (SF 4590) | Technical And Clarifying Changes To Statutes Related To Public Utilities Commission Made. | Acomb | Energy New & Notable PUC & Utilities | Introduction and first reading, referred to Energy Finance and Policy (3/23/26) 04/14/26 1:00 PM in Capitol 123 - Energy Finance and Policy 04/07/26 1:00 PM in Capitol 123 - Energy Finance and Policy |
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| SF 4591 (HF 4919) | Establish Standards For Distributed Energy Resource Aggregators | Frentz | Energy New & Notable PUC & Utilities | Referred to Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate (3/18/26) |
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| SF 4532 (HF 3674) | Attorney General's Duty To Represent Certain Utility Customers In Matters Before The Public Utilities Commission And In Certain Federal Proceedings Repealer And Conforming Changes | Mathews | Energy PUC & Utilities | Referred to State and Local Government (3/17/26) |
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| SF 4534 (HF 3688) | Fuel-switching Improvements Expenditures Made To Low-income Households Application To The Low-income Conservation Spending Requirement For Municipal Utilities And Cooperative Electric Associations | Mathews | Fossil and Biofuels Energy PUC & Utilities | Referred to Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate (3/17/26) |
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| HF 4345 | Gas Utility Infrastructure Cost (GUIC) Public Utilities Prohibited From Recovering Infrastructure Costs Incurred To Extend Service To New Natural Gas Customers From Existing Natural Gas Customers. |
Luger-Nikolai | Fossil and Biofuels New & Notable PUC & Utilities | Introduction and first reading, referred to Energy Finance and Policy (3/16/26) |
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| HF 4236 | Public Utility Interim Rate Amounts Limited. | Buck | PUC & Utilities | Introduction and first reading, referred to Energy Finance and Policy (3/12/26) 03/24/26 1:00 PM in Capitol 123 - Energy Finance and Policy |
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| HF 3830 (SF 3954) | Reporting Requirements For Recoverable Expenses In Rate Cases Modified, And Sunset Of Cost Recovery For Gas Utility Infrastructure Costs Eliminated. | Sexton | Fossil and Biofuels Energy PUC & Utilities | Introduction and first reading, referred to Energy Finance and Policy (3/2/26) 03/12/26 1:00 PM in Capitol 123 - Energy Finance and Policy |
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| SF 3992 (HF 3777) | Commission To Promote Affordable Service And Consider Customers' Ability To Pay Rates Requirement | Dibble | A-List Support PUC & Utilities | Referred to Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate (3/2/26) |
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| HF 3777 (SF 3992) | Commission Required To Promote Affordable Service And Consider Customers' Ability To Pay Rates. | Mahamoud | A-List Support PUC & Utilities | Introduction and first reading, referred to Energy Finance and Policy (2/26/26) 03/10/26 1:00 PM in Capitol 123 - Energy Finance and Policy |
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| SF 3954 (HF 3830) | Gas Utility Infrastructure Cost (GUIC) Reporting Requirements For Recoverable Expenses Modification In Rate Cases |
Hoffman | Fossil and Biofuels Energy PUC & Utilities | Referred to Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate (2/26/26) 03/18/26 12:30 PM in 1150 Minnesota Senate Bldg. - Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate |
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| HF 3674 (SF 4532) | Attorney General's Duty To Represent Certain Utility Customers In Matters Before The Public Utilities Commission And In Federal Proceedings Repealed, And Conforming Statutory Change Made. | Kresha | Energy PUC & Utilities | Introduction and first reading, referred to State Government Finance and Policy (2/25/26) 03/17/26 8:15 AM in Capitol G23Co- - State Government Finance and Policy |
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| HF 486 (SF 465) | Electric Generation Facility Decommission And Repurpose Plan Submission Required For A Scheduled Retirement. | Mekeland | PUC & Utilities | Introduction and first reading, referred to Energy Finance and Policy (2/13/25) |
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| SF 465 (HF 486) | Submission Of A Decommissioning And Repurposing Plan Requirement For A Schedule Retirement Of An Electric Generation Facility | Mathews | PUC & Utilities | Referred to Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate (1/21/25) |
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| SF 468 (HF 485) | Certificates Of Need Authorization For Certain Small Modular Reactors | Mathews | PUC & Utilities | Referred to Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate (1/21/25) 01/29/25 12:30 PM in 1150 Minnesota Senate Bldg. - Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate 01/27/25 12:30 PM in 1150 Minnesota Senate Bldg. - Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate |