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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Minnesota cities want permission to move faster than state on energy codes
A proposal at the Legislature would allow cities to adopt updated building energy codes before the state for larger and commercial buildings only.By Frank Jossi .
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Minnesota regulators want Xcel to cut wait time for connecting solar to its grid
The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission last month told the state’s largest utility to start studying more than one interconnection application at a time in order to clear a backlog of requests over the next year.By Frank Jossi .
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Colleges see untapped potential in geothermal district energy systems
Minnesota’s Carleton College is among a growing list of schools investing in the centuries-old technology as part of a path to eliminating greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 or sooner.By Frank Jossi .
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Minnesota cities hope climate emergency resolutions add urgency to responses
More than a dozen Minnesota cities are expected to have passed resolutions this month declaring local climate emergencies. The hope is that the declarations help spur and focus state and local climate action.By Frank Jossi .
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Xcel’s long-range plan faces pushback over role of fossil peaking plants
The utility’s integrated resource plan in Minnesota relies on natural gas peaking plants to help balance intermittent renewables and meet peak demands. Clean energy groups argue that better alternatives exist.By Frank Jossi .
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A Minnesota co-op credits clean energy transition for stabilizing wholesale rates
Great River Energy, Minnesota’s largest generation and transmission cooperative, recently announced that it would not be raising rates for 2022, and it credited wind investments and a shift from coal power.By Frank Jossi .
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Guaranteed savings contract helps Minnesota college finance efficiency
Winona State University is about to tackle the state’s largest-ever guaranteed energy savings contract. The $12.3 million package of efficiency upgrades is being financed with the savings they are projected to create.By Frank Jossi .
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Northern Minn. collaboration finds right combination for solar-storage project
After six years of twists and turns, a solar-storage project is finally nearing completion in a northern Minnesota city, where local leaders first fought, then collaborated with their electricity supplier to complete the project.By Frank Jossi .
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After pipeline fights, tribes get chance to tell different story with electric vehicles
The U.S. Department of Energy this month awarded groups on the Standing Rock and Red Lake Indian reservations money for an inter-tribal electric vehicle charging network connecting communities in the Upper Midwest.By Frank Jossi .
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Why a Koch-owned refinery is joining Minnesota’s solar industry trade group
The latest dues-paying member of Minnesota’s solar energy industry trade group is also one of the state’s largest greenhouse gas polluters.By Frank Jossi .
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