Fresh Energy is cutting emissions from our buildings by making it easy to electrify, ensuring energy burden inequities are addressed, improving health and safety, and spurring market transformation with the creation of new, family-supporting jobs.

Ensuring buildings are resilient and affordable for all

Advancing innovative technologies and forge new pathways to decarbonize the natural gas system

Expanding all-electric buildings through market transformation
- What’s up with Minnesota’s gas utility regulatory processes?Learn about Fresh Energy’s involvement in Natural Gas Innovation Act (NGIA) plans, Energy Conservation & Optimization (ECO) Triennials, and more!
- Advocating for energy efficiency, equity, electrification in 2027-2029 ECO TriennialsFresh Energy filed initial comments in five utilities’ Energy Conservation and Optimization Triennial plan filings.
- Minnesota’s 2027–2029 ECO Triennial review process is underwayFresh Energy will be advocating for cleaner, more efficient utility programs in Minnesota’s Energy Conservation and Optimization (ECO) Triennial planning process.
- We ditched our gas furnace in a Minnesota winter, here’s what happenedFresh Energy’s Sam Friesen tells the story of why he converted his home to an electric heat pump.
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Hidden beneath our feet: Minnesota’s growing decarbonization challenge
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Fact Sheet: Accelerate residential energy codes
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Going all electric in a cold-weather climate
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Understanding the Gas System
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Working Group Recommendations on the Minnesota Weatherization Assistance Program
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Inaugural cycle of MWBDC grants program drives equity, justice, and community power
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Electrification of Multifamily Housing in Minnesota
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Report: Proposal for a heat pump transition in Minnesota
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Buildings for a Healthy Future
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The Hanson House: powering our future with clean electricity
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Clean Energy Brief: Natural Gas in Minnesota
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2020 Midwest Getting to Zero Buildings List







