Better Buildings
How energy costs impact renters
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Lee Lucas, board member of Community Stabilization Project, shares his personal story on how energy costs impact renters. Watch the video.
Renewable Electricity
Xcel Energy’s low income solar project gets approval
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Xcel Energy’s new pilot program is the first of its kind to combine energy efficiency and community solar offers to low income customers.
Better Buildings
Innovative project to benefit renters and building efficiency
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Through the Saint Paul Tenant-Landlord Energy Project, Fresh Energy and Community Stabilization Project are seeking to build a network of renters, landlords, and other critical stakeholders in the city to advance policies, provide education on energy-related issues, and support implementation of collaboratively developed solutions.
Renewable Electricity
Minnesota should use Xcel’s pilot to make solar work for all
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Fresh Energy’s proposal would use the pilot project on the East Side of Saint Paul as a model for as many as twelve other neighborhood projects across Xcel’s service territory.
Better Buildings
Partnering to create equitable, efficient housing options
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Ben Passer, senior policy associate, reflects on a recent national conference around energy efficiency, health, and equity — and the importance of ensuring that our policies create healthier communities for all.
Energy Performance
Regulators approve 15 percent increase to Otter Tail Power fixed fee
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Last week, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission approved an increase to Otter Tail Power’s monthly fixed fee from $8.50 to $9.75. The case wraps up roughly a year after Otter Tail Power submitted its initial proposal. In February 2016, Minnesota-based investor-owned utility Otter Tail Power filed its first rate case since 2010, asking for an overall rate increase of 9.8 percent that would have increased revenue by more than $19 million. Fresh Energy intervened in the case to provide expert testimony challenging the requested customer charge increase, and recommending alternative rate designs.