Frank Jossi is an independent journalist and consultant based in St. Paul, Minnesota and a longtime contributor to Midwest Energy News. His articles have appeared in more than 50 publications, including Minnesota Monthly, Wired, the Los Angeles Times and the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Jossi has also been a Humphrey policy fellow at the University of Minnesota, a Fulbright journalism teacher in Pakistan and Albania, and a program director of the World Press Institute at Macalester College.
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Minneapolis seeks ideas to lower price tag of meeting renewable energy goals
The city has issued a “request for information” seeking alternatives to a utility green tariff program.By Frank Jossi .
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How an organic dairy’s quest for clean energy spread solar across Wisconsin
Organic Valley’s project expanded into a complex partnership that it hopes can be replicated by others.By Frank Jossi .
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Clean energy conference shifts focus from academics to climate advocacy
The conference, Aug. 5-9 in Minneapolis, will focus entirely on climate change, with an emphasis on advocacy over academics.By Frank Jossi .
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Study: Nonpayment risk remote for commercial clean energy loans
Commercial building owners very rarely miss payments on property assessed clean energy loans, a federal lab found.By Frank Jossi .
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Will renewable natural gas credits help jumpstart new market for biogas?
Critics say tracking renewable natural gas production and sales will be difficult and present opportunities for fraud.By Frank Jossi .
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Minnesota utilities weigh energy storage as substitute for peaker plants
A 2019 state law requires utilities to consider energy storage in their long-range resource plans.By Frank Jossi .
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Deal to close Minnesota coal plants includes ‘historic’ efficiency push
The agreement between Xcel Energy and clean energy advocates also includes building 3,000 megawatts of solar.By Frank Jossi .
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Minnesota law opens clean energy financing program to new construction
The state’s commercial property assessed clean energy program was originally designed for building retrofits only.By Frank Jossi .
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St. Paul climate plan looks past clean power to challenge of transportation
Xcel Energy has already pledged to go carbon-free, allowing the city’s plan to focus on other areas to reduce emissions.By Frank Jossi .
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Community solar options for Minnesota households expand, but for how long?
A company selling residential community solar subscriptions says momentum will stall without policy changes.By Frank Jossi .
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