STATE OF MINNESOTA NINETEENTH MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
Energy Finance and Policy Committee
MINUTES
Representative Murphy, Co-Vice Chair of the Energy Finance and Policy Committee, called the meeting to order at 1:02 PM, on February 26, 2026, in Room 123 of the Capitol Building. A quorum was present.
The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.
Members present:
SWEDZINSKI, Chris, Co-Chair
ACOMB, Patty, Co-Chair
MURPHY, Tom, Co-Vice Chair
KRAFT, Larry, Co-Vice Chair
ANDERSON, Paul
BAKER, Dave
BUCK, Shelley
CARROLL, Ned
HOLLINS, Athena
JONES, Katie
LUGER-NIKOLAI, Meg
MAHAMOUD, Anquam
MEKELAND, Shane
SEXTON, Thomas
WIENER, Mike
Member excused:
IGO, Spencer
Representative Sexton moved the minutes of February 24, 2026, be approved. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
A Retired Administrative Law Judge’s Experience with Rate Cases Presentation
Presenter: Eric Lipman, Utility Reform Now!
Testifier: Mike Bull, Deputy Executive Secretary, Public Utilities Commission
Chair Swedzinski assumed the gavel at 1:21 PM.
Affordability Presentation
Presenter: Bill Glahn, Center of the American Experiment
HF 3298 (Mekeland) Reimbursement program established for underground petroleum
tank systems with pressurized single-walled steel piping.
Representative Mekeland moved that HF 3298 be re-referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Representative Mekeland moved the H3298A3 amendment. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Testifiers:
Tim Gross, Fueling Minnesota
Vern Kelly, Kelly Fuels
Representative Mekeland renewed the motion that HF 3298, as amended, be re-referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
The meeting was adjourned at 2:43 PM.
Representative Chris Swedzinski, Chair
Sharon Goblisch, Committee Legislative Assistant