Bipartisan lawmakers in Minnesota want utilities in that
state to procure 50% of power sold by 2030 from renewable sources. The measure,
if passed, could put the state’s renewable efforts on par with California’s.
The bipartisan bill introduced in the Minnesota Legislature
on February 27 seeks to double the state’s renewable energy standard, which is
currently 25% by 2025.
Lawmakers noted that the state is already on track to
surpass current goals set by the Next Generation Energy Act, which was enacted
by former Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R) in 2007. That bill was overwhelmingly supported
by 97% of legislators.
