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Climate and Energy Finance and Policy

THIRTY-FOURTH MEETING

2021-2022 Regular Session - Thursday, February 17, 2022

STATE OF MINNESOTA THIRTY-FOURTH MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NINETY-SECOND SESSION


CLIMATE AND ENERGY FINANCE AND POLICY MINUTES

Representative Jamie Long, Chair of the Committee on Climate and Energy Finance and Policy, called the virtual meeting to order at 10:30 AM on February 17th, 2022 pursuant to House rule 10.01. The meeting was broadcast via Zoom and House Public Information Services.

The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.

Members present:
Long, Jamie, Chair
Acomb, Patty, Vice Chair
Swedzinski, Chris, Republican Lead
Bierman, Robert
Boe, Greg
Christensen, Shelly
Franson, Mary
Gruenhagen, Glenn
Hollins, Athena
Hornstein, Frank
Igo, Spencer
Lee, Fue
Lippert, Todd
Mekeland, Shane
Munson, Jeremy
Stephenson, Zack

Excused:
Lislegard, Dave

A quorum was present.

Bills not introduced at the time of the meeting are indicated by the House Research or Revisor code.

Presenting on weatherization in MN vs other states:
• Gabe Chan, Associate Professor, UMN Humphrey School of Public Affairs
• Elise Harrington, Assistant Professor, UMN Humphrey School of Public Affairs

Presenting a current weatherization report:
• Grace Arnold, Commissioner, MN Department of Commerce
• Michelle Gransee, Director State Energy Office, MN Department of Commerce
• Becky Olson, Senior Director of Residential and Community Energy, Center for Energy and the Environment
• Ethan Warner, Regulatory Analyst, CenterPoint Energy
• Katherine Teiken, Clean Energy Policy Specialist, Minnesota Housing

Representative Bierman presented house research BE163, a bill for an act relating to energy; making clean energy occupations eligible for dual-training programs; establishing a weatherization apprenticeship grant program; specifying the uses of supplementary state weatherization grants; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 175.45, subdivisions 1, 2; 216C.264, subdivision 5; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 216C.

Testifying on HR BE163:
• Bill Grant, Executive Director, Minnesota Community Action Partnership
• Annie Levenson-Falk, Executive Director, Citizens Utility Board
• Mari Ojeda, Policy Associate for Energy Access and Equity, Fresh Energy
• Liz Kuoppala, Executive Director, Mahube-Otwa Community Action Partnership Inc
• Joel Johnson, President, One Minnesota

The meeting was adjourned at 11:56 AM.


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Representative Jamie Long, Chair


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Mike Hermanson, Committee Legislative Assistant


More Info On This Meeting..
House TV Video:
View Archive

01:38 - Weatherization in Minnesota compared to other states.
13:51 - Working Group's Weatherization Report.
51:00 - Informational hearing on BE 163/HFXXXX (Bierman) A bill for an act relating to energy; making clean energy occupations eligible for dual-training programs; establishing a weatherization apprenticeship grant program; specifying the uses of supplementary state weatherization grants; appropriating money.
Runs 1 hour, 27 minutes.


Presentation of the Working Group's Weatherization Report
Informational hearing on BE 162 / HF XXX (Bierman) Weatherization bill
*The report will be posted as soon as it's available
Bills may be added to the agenda.

This remote hearing is taking place pursuant to Rule 10.01.

If you wish to submit written testimony, please send it to Mike.Molzahn@house.mn by noon the day before the meeting.

Meeting documents will be posted on the committee website at https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/Committees/Home/92008

This remote hearing may be viewed via the House webcast schedule page: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/htv/schedule.asp

All events are closed-captioned.

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