Northern Minnesota will enjoy a cleaner energy economy as a result of Fresh Energy’s work on Minnesota Power’s recent rate case at the Public Utilities Commission. Find out how.
Fresh Energy
A year of progress
Through decisions large and small, Fresh Energy has helped Minnesota reduce carbon emissions, expand renewable energy, advance better buildings, and more! Here we gather 2017 highlights and look at what’s next.
Fresh Energy statement on new tariffs on imported solar panels
Fresh Energy executive director Michael Noble released the following statement in response to the White House’s announcement of new tariffs on imported solar panels.
Fresh Energy’s 25 years of progress on retiring coal plants
When Fresh Energy was founded in 1992, Minnesota generated almost two-thirds of its electricity from coal. Looking forward to today, coal is now only 39 percent of the state’s electricity generation and 19 of the 23 large coal-burning units in Minnesota have been announced for retirement. Learn more about our progress.
Energy News Network expanding
Energy News Network is expanding to six regions across the country in the coming years thanks to major new support from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
Buildings of the future and a more electric economy
In order to dramatically reduce our buildings’ energy footprints, we need to make them so super-efficient that they can run on small amounts of clean electricity.