July 27, 2023 WJON Jeff McMahon A Minnesota advocacy group is sounding the alarm about recent investments into natural gas. Read more.
19Jul
Does Minnesota law mandate that the state exclusively use wind and solar power?
July 17, 2023 MinnPost Alberto Gomez Minnesota’s climate legislation plans out a goal for a 100% carbon-free electricity standard by 2040. This includes wind, solar, hydroelectric and nuclear sources of energy. Read more.
11Jul
This state just dethroned Illinois as the No. 1 clean energy powerhouse in the Midwest: ‘[We’ll] continue to lead the way’
July 11, 2023 Yahoo! News Erin Feiger A recent report by the NC Clean Energy Technology Center at North Carolina State University showed that Minnesota beat out Illinois as the most active state in the Midwest for both proposed and adopted policy changes for the decarbonization of the electricity sector. Read more.
02Jun
Xcel Energy will ask state regulators to reconsider electric rate hike
June 2, 2023 Minnesota Public Radio Kirsti Marohn Xcel Energy says it will ask state regulators to reconsider their decision to grant a far-smaller increase in electric rates than the utility requested. Read more.
01Jun
Xcel will reassess investments in Minnesota after regulators’ rate hike decision
June 1, 2023 Star Tribune Mike Hughlett Xcel Energy said it will reconsider significant investments in Minnesota after state regulators on Thursday approved a three-year rate increase that was much less than what the the state’s largest utility wanted. Read more.
31May
Minnesota Emerges as the Midwest’s Leader in the Clean Energy Transition
May 31, 2023 Inside Climate News Aydali Campa Six months ago, John Delurey, the senior regional director at Vote Solar, would have said that Illinois “sits on the shoulders of some of the most robust and equitable climate legislation in the country and region.” But after this year’s legislative session, Minnesota is giving Illinois a…
27Jan
A guide to the Minnesota DFL’s 100% carbon-free standard
January 27, 2023 MinnPost Walker Orenstein The DFL bill that would steer utilities toward a carbon-free electric grid is simple in concept: All electric utilities in the state would be asked to use 100% emissions-free energy by 2040. But the proposal — which Democrats have advanced through the Legislature at lightspeed in January — is really…
25Jan
Minnesota Lawmakers Seek Nixing Natural Gas, Oil Imports from State’s Electric Utility Supplies by 2040
January 24, 2023 Natural Gas Intelligence Morgan Evans Minnesota’s state legislature has ramped up the clean energy targets for electric utilities with a bill that would ensure utility customers would receive 100% of their energy from only carbon-free resources 10 years sooner than many utilities had initially planned. Read more.
07Dec
Xcel drops request to raise electric rates next year
December 7, 2022 MPR News Kirsti Marohn Xcel Energy has dropped a controversial request for a $122 million electric rate increase next year. Minnesota’s largest electric utility, which serves 1.3 million customers in Minnesota, requested to raise rates about 21 percent over three years. Last year, the state Public Utilities Commission granted Xcel an interim…
14Nov
CenterPoint, Xcel challenge decision forcing them to pay more of historic winter storm’s costs
November 9, 2022 Star Tribune Mike Hughlett Minnesota’s two largest gas utilities are challenging a state ruling prohibiting them from together charging consumers $55 million for costs incurred during a 2021 winter storm. CenterPoint Energy and Xcel Energy on Tuesday asked the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to “reconsider” its August decision, which faulted the two utilities…