Minnesota Department of Commerce

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Attention: The Home Energy Rebate Public Forum scheduled for today August 13, 2024 in Mankato has been cancelled due to the Minnesota Primary Election. It is rescheduled to an online forum for August 15, 2024, 6pm-8pm. This forum is being held in lieu of an in-person forum to primarily to accept feedback from the public in the Mankato and the Southern Minnesota area. To register for the online forum please visit: https://lnkd.in/gkvY_hzg

Rescheduled to an online event The Home Energy Rebates Program in the Minnesota Department of Commerce's Division of Energy Resources is seeking input from Minnesotans. This meeting has been rescheduled from August 13 to August 15 and will now be virtual: Register here for August 15 virtual event: https://lnkd.in/gmsDQtB4

Attention: The Home Energy Rebate Public Forum scheduled for August 13, 2024 in Mankato has been cancelled due to the Minnesota Primary Election. It is rescheduled to an online forum for August 15, 2024, 6pm-8pm. This forum is being held in lieu of an in-person forum to primarily to accept feedback from the public in the Mankato and the Southern Minnesota area. To register visit: https://lnkd.in/gMabAfy5

The Weights and Measures Division at the Minnesota Department of Commerce will showcase its work at an outdoor exhibit at FarmFest 2024 this year, featuring two of the division’s trucks equipped with inspection tools that staff use to test commercial scales, including those used in agriculture, such as grain hoppers and fertilizer scales, as well as gas pumps, grocery store scales and more. https://lnkd.in/gJTjzjBJ

A new Minnesota law goes into effect on August 1, 2024, to protect consumers against cryptocurrency fraud. The Minnesota Department of Commerce Financial Institutions and Enforcement Divisions are taking action to ensure crypto companies are licensed to operate in Minnesota and comply with the new consumer protection law.    Consumers are using crypto kiosks, which work similar to cash ATMs, with increasing frequency. Unfortunately, crypto kiosk users are increasingly also becoming victims of scams. During the 2024 Legislative Session, Commerce worked with the bill’s chief authors Rep. Amanda Hemmingsen-Jaeger and Sen. Jen McEwen, as well as with local law enforcement and other stakeholders, to develop this critical consumer protection bill. https://lnkd.in/gGe98SRR

The State Competitiveness Fund at the Minnesota Department of Commerce is accepting applications from organizations in Minnesota pursuing federal clean energy grants that require matching funds. Proposals are due by September 6, 2024. “We are excited to offer Minnesota organizations another opportunity to help bring federal clean energy funds to our state,” said Assistant Commissioner Pete Wyckoff, who leads Commerce’s Division of Energy Resources state and federal initiatives. “The State Competitiveness Fund supports Minnesotans who are innovative, bold and successful competitors to bring more federal investments to our state.” Learn more: #InflationReductionAct #InfrastructureInvestments #IIJA

Minnesota consumers have new protections for sensitive data they provide to nonbank financial companies, including personal and financial information, through a new data security law championed by the Minnesota Department of Commerce that goes into effect Aug. 1, 2024.  Minnesota is the first state to pass three model acts, designed by the Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS), to provide consumer protections in the area of money transmission and mortgage services. What's a "nonbank"? CSBS explains https://lnkd.in/gd36jhwH Learn more about Minnesota's nonbank cybersecurity law: https://lnkd.in/ggW4eKTh #mnleg

We want to hear from you. The Minnesota Department of Commerce is hosting 3 more public hearings to provide opportunities for the public and interested stakeholders to inform the design of Minnesota’s Home Energy Rebate programs (HER). To RSVP and attend one of the events please visit: https://lnkd.in/gSB9V4Nk

Through a final order, the Minnesota Department of Commerce voided any short-term consumer loans, also known as payday loans, made to Minnesotan consumers by Strategic Solution Services, Inc., who also did business as Arrow Mountain Funding and Line of Credit Now. The lender was not licensed to provide loans in Minnesota and was not complying with the state’s lending laws. Commerce also fined the company $10,000. https://lnkd.in/gwiwgfyF