In a 36-30 vote, the Minnestoa Senate passed a Renewable Electricity Standard on Thursday (5/11/06) that would require Minnesota to have 20% renewable electricity by 2020. Below are a couple news reports from the Star Tribune and WCCO:

Star Tribune: Senate votes to juice up renewable electricity generation
http://www.startribune.com/587/story/427125.html

WCCO: Senate Approves Bill To Produce Renewable Energy
http://wcco.com/energy/local_story_132005427.html

How did your Senator vote?
http://wcco.com/unassigned/local_story_131220806.html

To become law, the RES still needs to find support in the House and from Governor Pawlenty.