Posted by: Linda Taylor in report, policy, conservation on Sep 17, 2009
Every four years, the Minnesota Department of Commerce's Office of Energy Security is required to issue the State Energy Policy and Conservation Report, or "Quad Report." The Quad Report describes the state's energy system, its structure, costs, and environmental impacts. The 2008 report, released September 15, identifies energy reliability as the administration's energy policy going forward, which is defined as focusing on utility operations, investment in electric transmission, power quality and service standards, and economics. It makes a general nod toward community renewable energy development as well. While it's certainly a good background explanation of the energy system in the state, as are earlier quad reports, it spends only three pages on energy conservation, which belies its name and primary reason for being.
