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March 2025 Newsletter: Community Solar Gardens Under Threat & More
Posted by Lee Samelson on March 26, 2025
DOWNLOAD March NEWSLETTER Headlines URGENT: Defend Minnesota's Community Solar Program! Community Power releases our 2025 Minneapolis CandidateQuestionnaire. We have our first response! St. Paul City...
Examples of Utility Franchise Negotiations, Municipal Power Efforts and Revenue-Raising Tools for Climate Action Nationwide
Posted by Lee Samelson on March 18, 2025
Photo credited: RJ Sangosti, Denver Post file Denver, CO This is more recent news, but "With some members calling it a flawed proposal, the...
The Minneapolis Clean Energy Partnership and its Structure
Posted by Lee Samelson on March 18, 2025
NOTE: The Minneapolis Clean Energy Partnership has had a website, and after malfunctioning for over a year it is up again, new and revamped. The...
Community Power is hiring! + Feb. 2025 Newsletter
Posted by Lee Samelson on February 24, 2025
DOWNLOAD February NEWSLETTER Headlines Community Power is hiring! City Formally Signs Utility Agreements! Xcel takes legal fight to charge Minnesota customers more for itshighest-paid executives'...
Our Take on Minneapolis' New Agreements with Xcel and CenterPoint
Posted by Lee Samelson on February 04, 2025
DOWNLOAD Our Analysis of New Franchise Agreements This is both the culmination of a years-long process and the beginning of a new decade of the...
Minneapolis' New Utility Franchise Agreements Unveiled ! Public Hearing Feb 6th
Posted by Lee Samelson on January 31, 2025
Now more than ever, taking action at the local level to slash pollution that causes climate change is critical, through a clean energy transition...
Minneapolis' New Utility Franchise Agreements Unveiled!
Posted by Lee Samelson on January 23, 2025
DOWNLOAD Jan. 25 NEWSLETTER Headlines & Action Alerts The Mystery Unveiled! Minneapolis’ New Agreements with Xcel &CenterPoint finally released Public Hearing tentatively Feb 6th, online...
Energy Utilities Should Be Rewarded for the Right Behavior Rather than the Wrong. We Must Incentivize Saved Energy Services
Posted by Lee Samelson on October 15, 2024
Pollution is at apocalyptic levels because the financial health of monopolistic power companies improves when they sell more electricity. At least in cases where it...
The Long Extended Cusp Between The Receding Central Station Era & The Emerging Modern Renewable Era Of Our Electricity System
Posted by Lee Samelson on October 15, 2024
In this essay: 1) THE RECEDING CENTRAL STATION ERA & THE EMERGING MODERN RENEWABLE ERA ARE DRIVEN BY THE DIFFERENT ECONOMIES OF SCALE 2) RENEWABLE...
Our Founding Board Member George Crocker Publishes Book titled About Power: How to Democratize Electricity
Posted by Lee Samelson on October 01, 2024
George Crocker, a founding board member of Community Power, has worked on energy democracy issues since the late 1970’s. In his newly published book titled...
Global Entrepreneur who creates solar battery packs from old laptops visits Community Power
Posted by Lee Samelson on September 03, 2024
We were thrilled to have Gibson Tawago, a trailblazer for a sustainable business idea that is much needed for our world, visit us in the Twin...
Utility Franchise Negotiations: No news is good news- Is it?
Posted by Lee Samelson on August 01, 2024
At the July 11th meeting of the Climate and Infrastructure committee of the Minneapolis City Council, Jocelyn Bremmer from the City Attorney’s office gave the...