House committee
Energy Finance and Policy
Membership recorded during the 94th Legislature.
Committee members
Brad Tabke
👤 Member Democrat
HD-054A
He was a non-voting member until 3/17/2025. He was no longer a member in 2026.
Bills pending in this committee
HF5161
Dioxide pipelines; issuance of route permit prohibited.
May 17, 2026Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
HF5125
Data centers sales and use tax exemption repealed, and contingent reduction in special education aid appropriations repealed.
May 17, 2026Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
HF4703
Funding for study evaluating the potential to construct nuclear-powered electric generating facilities provided, and money appropriated.
May 16, 2026Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
SF4504
Omnibus Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate policy bill
May 12, 2026Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
HF4888
New data center moratorium established, and Public Utility Commission required to submit a report.
May 5, 2026Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
HF2862
Certificate of need exemption provided to certain electric generating facilities.
April 27, 2026Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
HF4122
Thermal energy network plan requirements established.
April 22, 2026Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
HF3555
Installation and operation of a plug-in solar photovoltaic device regulated.
April 22, 2026Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
HF4928
Lower Sioux Indian Community grant funding provided for renewable energy, reports required, and money appropriated.
April 16, 2026Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
HF4941
Minnesota Climate Innovation Finance Authority eliminated, and debt obligations transferred.
April 13, 2026Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
HF4924
Municipal electric utilities exempted from the life-cycle analysis requirement.
April 9, 2026Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
HF4919
Distributed energy resource aggregator standards established, fees authorized, and money appropriated.
April 9, 2026Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
HF4880
Solar Energy Protection Act established relating to the sale of solar energy systems.
April 9, 2026Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
HF4874
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.
April 9, 2026Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
HF4829
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.
April 9, 2026Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
HF4825
Rate recovery of executive pay for public utilities limited, and utility expenses that may not be recovered from ratepayers specified.
April 9, 2026Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
HF2928
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.
April 9, 2026Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
HF4739
Geothermal energy system construction funding provided, and money appropriated.
April 7, 2026Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
HF4377
Required elements in an application to the Public Utilities Commission for a certificate of need for a petroleum pipeline specified.
April 7, 2026Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
HF4770
Anaerobic digester or biomass thermal generation facility planning and construction funding provided, and money appropriated.
March 26, 2026Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
HF2103
Ammonia, hydrogen, and renewable energy certificate tracking system funding provided; reports required; and money appropriated.
March 26, 2026Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
HF771
Supplemental energy assistance funding provided, annual report required, and money appropriated.
March 25, 2026Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
HF4711
Inclusion of nuclear power required as an optional resource in a utility's integrated resource plan, and state required to apply for federal funding related to nuclear-powered electric generating plants.
March 25, 2026Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
HF4706
Propane school bus deployment program established, report required, and money appropriated.
March 25, 2026Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
HF2317
Wastewater treatment facility heat capture pilot program funding provided, and money appropriated.
March 25, 2026Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
HF485
Small modular certificates of need authorized.
March 23, 2026Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
HF4596
Brainerd; energy efficiency projects funding provided, and money appropriated.
March 23, 2026Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
HF4560
Technical and clarifying changes to statutes related to Public Utilities Commission made.
March 23, 2026Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
HF4559
Commissioner of commerce's ability to enter into energy research partnerships or compacts expanded, energy security planning provided, and various energy-related grant programs extended and modified.
March 23, 2026Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
HF4308
Annual payments by the Monticello nuclear generating plant terminated, distributed solar energy standard modified, sales tax exemption on residential natural gas and electricity extended year round, and electric and natural gas facilities exempted from payment of the state commercial-industrial property tax.
March 18, 2026Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
HF4411
100 percent carbon free by 2040 standard repealed.
March 16, 2026Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
HF4374
Use of certain money provided to the Minnesota Climate Innovation Finance Authority clarified.
March 16, 2026Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
HF4345
Public utilities prohibited from recovering infrastructure costs incurred to extend service to new natural gas customers from existing natural gas customers.
March 16, 2026Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
HF4236
Public utility interim rate amounts limited.
March 12, 2026Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
HF4189
Renewable development account funds transferred to the preweatherization account.
March 12, 2026Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
HF4153
Criteria for preapplication evaluations of water appropriations for data centers modified, data centers' electricity sales exempted in calculating a utility's solar energy standard, and data centers exempted from paying sales tax on electricity purchases.
March 12, 2026Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
HF4059
Additional financing mechanisms to support Minnesota Climate Innovation Financing Authority activities provided.
March 12, 2026Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
HF2986
Additional information in a public utility's resource plan required, public utilities directed to file a virtual power plant tariff and program with the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission, cost recovery provided, and reports required.
March 12, 2026Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
HF4023
A+ Energy Act established.
March 5, 2026Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
HF2912
Macalester College geothermal energy system funding provided, and money appropriated.
March 5, 2026Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
HF3912
Utility allowed to charge a fee to a customer who has entered into a payment agreement and whose household income is above 50 percent of state median income, utility allowed to charge a reconnection fee, and utility allowed to charge a late payment charge subject to conditions.
March 2, 2026Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
HF3830
Reporting requirements for recoverable expenses in rate cases modified, and sunset of cost recovery for gas utility infrastructure costs eliminated.
March 2, 2026Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
HF2553
Incumbent electric transmission owner rights eliminated.
March 2, 2026Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
HF3778
Public utilities and cooperative electric associations required to report revenue authorized and collected.
February 26, 2026Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
HF3777
Commission required to promote affordable service and consider customers' ability to pay rates.
February 26, 2026Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
HF3686
Priority position of nonprofit organizations modified to receive certain sate energy grants.
February 25, 2026Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
HF2498
Geothermal heat exchange system rebate program established, and money appropriated.
February 25, 2026Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
HF3458
Tribal lands exempted from provisions governing exclusive service areas for electric utilities.
February 19, 2026Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
HF2059
Local governments required to establish residential instant solar permitting platforms, and report required.
May 19, 2025Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
HF3296
Data centers excluded from gross annual retail energy sales for energy conservation and optimization purposes.
May 5, 2025Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
HF3286
Propane school bus deployment program established, report required, and money appropriated.
May 1, 2025Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
HF3229
Spent fuel located at Prairie Island required to be transferred to another site for storage, additional storage authorized to be constructed at the Monticello nuclear generating plant, public utility authorized to withhold money from the renewable development account to pay for the cost to transport spent fuel.
April 29, 2025Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
HF3179
Certain buildings required to meet energy performance standards, reports required, and money appropriated.
April 21, 2025Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
HF2934
State's geologic hydrogen potential evaluation funding provided, and money appropriated.
April 7, 2025Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
HF1598
Air ventilation improvement and geothermal infrastructure for schools financing program established, and money appropriated.
April 7, 2025Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
HF3062
Former St. Paul Athletic Club building energy efficiency improvements funding provided, and money appropriated.
April 2, 2025Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
HF3060
Electric utility prohibited from restricting the installation of electricity producing facilities on Minnesota Tribal government land.
April 2, 2025Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
HF2974
Landlords required to make apportioned and submetered utility service bills for residential buildings due not less than 31 days from the date of bill issuance.
April 1, 2025Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
HF2803
Certain energy generating facilities required to be certified as child labor free, and certain products required to be certified as child labor free.
March 26, 2025Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
HF2793
Community solar garden program sunset.
March 26, 2025Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
HF2366
Green Hydrogen Project funding provided, and money appropriated.
March 26, 2025Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
HF2681
Certain uses of B100 fuel included as a carbon-free energy technology.
March 24, 2025Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
HF2670
Prohibition on issuing certificate of need for new nuclear power plant abolished.
March 24, 2025Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
HF2633
Electric utilities required to obtain consent to install certain electric meters.
March 24, 2025Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
HF701
Louisville Township anaerobic digestor township system funding provided, and money appropriated.
March 20, 2025Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
HF2573
University of St. Thomas; microgrid research and application funding provided, previous appropriations extended, and money appropriated.
March 20, 2025Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
HF2423
Emerald ash borer-infested tree disposal funding provided, and money appropriated.
March 20, 2025Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
HF2248
Definition of large energy facility modified.
March 20, 2025Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
HF2162
Geothermal planning grants funding provided, and money appropriated.
March 17, 2025Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
HF1226
Natural gas utilities authorized to sell extraordinary event bonds under certain circumstances, account established, and money appropriated.
March 6, 2025Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
HF1859
Wind energy conversion systems residential setbacks established.
March 3, 2025Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
HF1749
Green ammonia power generation technology research and development funding provided, and money appropriated.
March 3, 2025Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
HF1707
Local government and Tribal approval for all solar projects required.
February 27, 2025Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
HF1656
Geothermal energy system construction funding provided, and money appropriated.
February 27, 2025Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
HF1366
Brainerd; energy efficiency projects funding provided, and money appropriated.
February 24, 2025Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
HF1200
Cooperative electric associations exempted from clean and renewable energy standards.
February 24, 2025Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
HF1013
Minnesota Energy Alley funding provided, and money appropriated.
February 20, 2025Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
HF369
Requirement for electric utilities to meet the renewable energy, solar, or carbon-free standard delayed under certain conditions; and demolition of fossil-fuel-powered electric generating plants prohibited under certain conditions.
February 19, 2025Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
HF1213
Member access to cooperative documents and meetings improved, and electronic voting and voting by mail for cooperative board directors required.
February 19, 2025Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
HF1139
State Building Code amended to require electric vehicle charging infrastructure in all new residential buildings that provide on-site parking facilities.
February 19, 2025Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
HF1138
Disclosure of energy costs and ratings to prospective purchasers of real property required.
February 19, 2025Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
HF880
Community solar garden subscribers required to reside in the same county as the solar garden generating facility.
February 17, 2025Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
HF486
Electric generation facility decommission and repurpose plan submission required for a scheduled retirement.
February 13, 2025Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
HF251
Hydroelectric generated energy of any capacity allowed to be considered an eligible energy technology.
February 13, 2025Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy
HF250
Carbon capture and sequestration technology state policy established.
February 10, 2025Pending: House Energy Finance and Policy