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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Q&A: A new vision for utilities
Attorney, former regulator and activist Ron Lehr has been thinking about the future of utilities and how they survive and flourish in a new world of distributed, renewable energy.By Frank Jossi .
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Minnesota regulators side with utility in value-of-solar case
Minnesota regulators on Thursday unanimously decided to take a pass on using the “value of solar" to calculate how to pay community solar garden developers.By Frank Jossi .
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Q&A: Designing more energy-efficient suburbs
A Minnesota planner attempts to reduce energy use in his subdivisions while making them have much more curb appeal.By Frank Jossi .
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Next big thing for LEED planning? Sustainable neighborhoods
The Uptown neighborhood of Normal, Illinois, boasts an enormous traffic circle enclosing a popular civic space surrounded by what is likely the largest concentration of LEED buildings in downstate Illinois. It's one of several similar projects throughout the Midwest.By Frank Jossi .
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Despite a tarnished reputation, advocates for small wind still see opportunity
High-profile scam artists have left the small wind industry with a battered reputation, but backers say there are also policy obstacles to overcome if the sector is to begin growing again.By Frank Jossi .
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CapX 2020 transmission project enters final stretch
After years of planning, debate, and regulatory procedures, one of the largest transmission projects in the country is on track to be completed by 2015.By Frank Jossi .
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Report: Hydro emissions can rival those of natural gas
As states grapple with the question of whether to count hydropower as renewable energy, a recent report says dams can emit greenhouse gases (GHGs) at a rate far greater than wind and solar, and can nearly reach those of natural gas combined-cycle plants in their first years of operation.By Frank Jossi .
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Canadian hydro producers eye growing U.S. market
Electricity produced by Canadian dams is finding a growing market in the Upper Midwest as energy providers seek out new low-carbon electricity sources.
Photo by Miss Barabanov via Creative CommonsBy Frank Jossi .
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As smart meters roll out, opponents get organized
In Naperville, Illinois, as in other communities throughout the U.S., utilities' smart meter plans are running into intense opposition from some customers. Smart grid backers say the protests represent a small minority acting on unfounded fears.
Photo by Portland General Electric via Creative CommonsBy Frank Jossi .
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At green business summit, a call for direction on energy
Green tech business leaders say the uncertainty of federal production tax credits (PTCs) set to expire at the end of the year, along with a lack of a federal energy policy, have begun to hurt their future prospects.By Frank Jossi .
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