Minnesota

Heat pumps

For one Minnesotan, a new heat pump brings comfort and savings

Even in one of the coldest cities in the U.S., Kathy Palmer’s heat pump helps displace gas heating, lowers heating bills, and makes her home more comfortable.

By Alison F. Takemura . 20 February 2025
Clean energy

Minneapolis tries to reset expectations for utility climate partnership

The City Council is about to approve new utility franchise agreements that include more specific targets for climate progress.

By Frank Jossi . 12 February 2025
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Rural Minnesota counties work together to simplify clean energy development and maximize local benefits

A long-running local government collaboration in southwestern Minnesota is helping to insulate the region from the kind of controversies and misinformation that have plagued rural clean energy projects in other states.

By Frank Jossi . 9 January 2025
ENN

As utility shutoffs soar in Minnesota, Xcel Energy agrees to consumer protections and racial disparities study

Advocates support measures to address a growing number of involuntary shutoffs, enabled in part by smart meter deployment, but say a recent hearing didn't address racial equity directly.

By Frank Jossi . 13 December 2024
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Hiring experts to testify in utility cases is expensive, but a Minnesota law is helping more groups participate

State lawmakers last year expanded a law that offers financial compensation to small nonprofits that provide expert testimony in public utility regulatory cases.

By Frank Jossi . 1 November 2024
ENN

Minnesota cities tap utility fees to help fund local clean energy and climate action

A Twin Cities suburb is among the latest cities looking to use utility franchise fees to help pay for climate and sustainability work, as many look to advance ambitious but underfunded targets.

By Frank Jossi . 17 October 2024
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Minnesota advocates say their alternative to Xcel’s plan for new gas plants could save customers up to $3.5 billion

A coalition of clean energy organizations hired experts to model alternatives, and found adding a single gas plant alongside a mix of existing plants, energy storage, efficiency and demand response, and market purchases that could avoid the risk of stranded assets.

By Frank Jossi . 17 September 2024
ENN

Federal incentives spur solar panel company to try onshoring its supply chain in Minnesota

Heliene, which assembles solar panel modules at a northern Minnesota factory, wants to be one of the first to manufacture domestic silicon solar cells, in partnership with an India-based supplier.

By Frank Jossi . 6 September 2024
ENN

A St. Paul, Minnesota Habitat for Humanity project will offer affordable housing without fossil fuels

The Heights, a 147-unit Habitat for Humanity development on a former golf course, expected to be one of the largest net-zero communities in the Midwest, will not include hookups for natural gas.

By Frank Jossi . 16 August 2024
ENN

Does carbon-free mean carbon-neutral? Activists, industry fight over details in new Minnesota energy law

When Minnesota enshrined a goal of 100% carbon free energy by 2040 into law, environmental advocates thought the definition was clear. But now some state agencies are arguing that burning trash and wood to produce energy should count.

By Andrew Hazzard . 26 July 2024

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Minnesota

For one Minnesotan, a new heat pump brings comfort and savings

Minneapolis tries to reset expectations for utility climate partnership

Rural Minnesota counties work together to simplify clean energy development and maximize local benefits

As utility shutoffs soar in Minnesota, Xcel Energy agrees to consumer protections and racial disparities study

Hiring experts to testify in utility cases is expensive, but a Minnesota law is helping more groups participate

Minnesota cities tap utility fees to help fund local clean energy and climate action

Minnesota advocates say their alternative to Xcel’s plan for new gas plants could save customers up to $3.5 billion

Federal incentives spur solar panel company to try onshoring its supply chain in Minnesota

A St. Paul, Minnesota Habitat for Humanity project will offer affordable housing without fossil fuels

Does carbon-free mean carbon-neutral? Activists, industry fight over details in new Minnesota energy law