1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 880 as follows:
1.2Page 2, after line 25, insert:

1.3    "Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 216B.1691, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.4    Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) Unless otherwise specified in law, "eligible energy
1.5technology" means an energy technology that generates electricity from the following
1.6renewable energy sources:
1.7(1) solar;
1.8(2) wind;
1.9(3) hydroelectric with a capacity of less than 100 megawatts;
1.10(4) hydrogen, provided that after January 1, 2010, the hydrogen must be generated
1.11from the resources listed in this paragraph; or
1.12(5) biomass, which includes, without limitation, landfill gas; an anaerobic digester
1.13system; the predominantly organic components of wastewater effluent, sludge, or related
1.14by-products from publicly owned treatment works, but not including incineration of
1.15wastewater sludge to produce electricity; and an energy recovery facility used to capture
1.16the heat value of mixed municipal solid waste or refuse-derived fuel from mixed municipal
1.17solid waste as a primary fuel, except as provided in subdivision 2g.
1.18    (b) "Electric utility" means a public utility providing electric service, a generation
1.19and transmission cooperative electric association, a municipal power agency, or a power
1.20district.
1.21    (c) "Total retail electric sales" means the kilowatt-hours of electricity sold in a year
1.22by an electric utility to retail customers of the electric utility or to a distribution utility
1.23for distribution to the retail customers of the distribution utility. "Total retail electric
1.24sales" does not include the sale of hydroelectricity supplied by a federal power marketing
1.25administration or other federal agency, regardless of whether the sales are directly to a
1.26distribution utility or are made to a generation and transmission utility and pooled for
1.27further allocation to a distribution utility.
2.1EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment."
2.2Page 4, after line 26, insert:

2.3    "Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 216B.1691, is amended by adding a
2.4subdivision to read:
2.5    Subd. 2g. Certain biomass sources; exclusion. Mixed municipal solid waste or
2.6refuse-derived fuel from mixed municipal solid waste when used as a primary fuel whose
2.7heat value is captured by an energy recovery facility is not an eligible energy technology if
2.8it is processed at an energy recovery facility: (1) that is constructed after July 1, 2013, or
2.9(2) as a result of an expansion in the capacity of the energy recovery facility that takes
2.10place after July 1, 2013.
2.11EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment."
2.12Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
2.13Amend the title accordingly