With long term planning for new transmission projects currently underway, Minnesota’s grid operator, MISO, is working to plan a future-proof electric grid.
Clean Electricity
Minnesota Commission approves two innovative pilots to increase load flexibility and lower system costs
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.
Data Dive: New numbers show Minnesota’s carbon-free progress
There’s a lot going on behind the scenes when we flip the light switch, turn on the tv, or plug in an electric vehicle for at-home charging. Whatever its source, energy must be harnessed or collected, then transported, before it can be used to power our homes and businesses.
Court decision delivers major setback for Minnesota Power’s carbon-neutrality goals
The Minnesota Supreme Court has delivered a ruling allowing Minnesota Power to continue pursuing its proposal to build the 600-megawatt NTEC fossil gas power plant.
The American Jobs Plan: 14 ambitious (and totally achievable) goals for clean energy, equity, and climate
White House published its ambitious—and totally achievable—American Jobs Plan, the backbone of which is clean energy jobs and infrastructure.
Myth vs. Reality: What’s really happening in Texas?
Fresh Energy separates myth from reality around the effect the cold spell across much of the United States has on the energy system.