Minnesota Power, which supplies electricity to a large portion of northeast Minnesota, is in the process of being acquired by two large private investors, including a company wholly owned by BlackRock.
Potential higher rates, lack of transparency, and an uncertain commitment to clean energy goals won’t benefit Minnesotans. Read our Action Alert to learn more about the pending acquisition.
Powering the equipment within data centers, and keeping them cool, requires enormous amounts of electricity and water. A single Amazon data center being built in Sherburne County will require 600 MW of power – roughly equivalent to the power demand of an entire city. CUB has asked for protections to be put into state law to make sure that households and businesses are not impacted by the growth of data centers on Minnesota’s electric grid.
From January through October 2024, investor-owned utilities disconnected more than 85,000 residential households from either gas or electric service: more than any full year going back to at least 2015.
