Amid a surge in utility shutoffs, and in the face of a groundbreaking study finding racial disparities in those outcomes, Minnesota’s largest utility is taking a closer look at the issue. In a November […]
A top executive with Minnesota’s largest utility says data center growth will not prevent it from meeting the state’s 100% clean electricity law, but it may extend the life of natural gas power plants […]
A solar-powered microgrid project backed with funding from the Biden administration aims to reduce energy burdens and provide backup power to a tiny northern Minnesota tribal community. The Pine Point Resilience Hub would serve […]
More Minnesota cities are turning to utility customers to fund climate and sustainability projects. The Twin Cities suburb of Eagan is among the latest municipalities to begin collecting what’s known as a “franchise fee” […]
Correction: An earlier version of this story did not include that the advocacy groups’ modeling included one new natural gas plant. The story has been updated. Xcel Energy’s latest long-range plan for meeting electricity […]
Minnesota clean energy and economic development officials say a Canadian solar manufacturer’s planned expansion in the state shows the impact of federal climate incentives for domestic production. Pete Wyckoff, assistant commissioner of federal and […]
Xcel Energy is proposing a new approach to powering the grid in Minnesota. The utility recently told state regulators it wants to build a network of solar-powered energy storage hubs, located strategically on its grid […]
Wind industry shills still make ludicrous claims about turbines running on the smell of an oily rag and lasting for 25 years or more, needing little more than a hug from time to time. They […]
Environmental justice advocates are pushing back on proposals to include trash incinerators and wood biomass plants as carbon-free energy sources under a new state law that aims to make Minnesota power 100% carbon-free by […]
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