Energy Access and Equity
Reflection: This Pride Month, I’m dreaming of buildings for every body
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Buildings are for people and our bodies. And the only way to make carbon-free buildings just and equitable is to make them for every type of body.
Center for Pollinators in Energy
Case Study: The 9.9 MW Solar Project in Science Magazine
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Completed in late 2017, the 9.9 MW Eagle Point Solar project is located on 41 acres of agricultural land that was previously used for dairy grazing. Research by Oregon State University at the site prompted Science Magazine to describe the project as using practices that “make a planet-friendly energy source even more friendly.”
2021 Legislative Session
ECO Act becomes law, modernizing Minnesota’s energy efficiency policy
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The ECO Act is on its way to the desk of Governor Walz! When the bill is signed into law, it will be the culmination of four years of Fresh Energy advocacy.
Center for Pollinators in Energy
Case Study: 907 acres of pollinator-friendly solar
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Enel Green Power’s Aurora Solar project is one of the state’s first large-scale solar developments, having beat out gas on price when the project was approved in 2014. Completed in 2017, the project consists of 16 pollinator-friendly sites spread across central and southern Minnesota. The locations utilize a variety of stewardship practices, including flowering ground cover for bees and birds, low-growing grass meadows, sheep grazing, and adjacent honey bee hives.
Clean Power
Minnesota Commission approves two innovative pilots to increase load flexibility and lower system costs
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New time-of-use rate pilots will test a few different strategies for encouraging Xcel Energy’s commercial and industrial customers to shift their electricity usage.
Recent News
A year of reflection and unfinished transformation
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We recognize that an equitable energy transition requires climate justice, and there is no climate justice without racial justice. The last year has been a time of deep reflection and a realization of much-needed change, for our state as a whole but also for our organization.