Are you with the press and would like to interview Minneapolis Energy Options?
Would you like a press kit sent to you?
Email us: John Farrell, [email protected]
Coverage
Star Tribune: Minnesota Solar Energy Development Caught in Delays July 2, 2016
Midwest Energy News Community solar exploding in Minnesota June 28, 2016
Southwest Journal: New report tracks Clean Energy Partnership's progress Jun 7, 2016
City of Minneapolis: Clean Energy Partnership releases first report June 6, 2016
Triple Pundit: Minneapolis Puts Natural Gas and Coal to Work for Clean Energy March 14, 2016
Midwest Energy News: Minneapolis clean energy partnership receiving national attention March 11, 2016
City of Minneapolis: Clean Energy Partnership wins EPA's 2016 Climate Leadership Award March 9, 2016
Star Tribune: Minneapolis' Clean Energy Partnership finds more people willing to make changes December 25, 2015
Star Tribune: Solar garden options rolling out for Xcel Energy customers in Minnesota November 16, 2015
WCCO MINNEAPOLIS: Group Worried Xcel’s Solar Program Won’t Kick In Before Credits Expire November 9, 2015
Midwest Energy News: While Xcel slow-walks on solar, customers can’t wait November 9th, 2015
City of Minneapolis: City awards high performing commercial buildings - Building Energy Challenge October 8th, 2015
Northern Sun News, KFAI: On Local Energy Democracy with Community Power September 10th, 2015
Midwest Energy News: Minneapolis project aims to bridge racial divide in solar power August 6th, 2015
Resilience.org Powering Community: Talking Resilience with Timothy DenHerder-Thomas July 23, 2015
John Farrell: Count On It: Adding Numbers will Add Heft to First City-Utility Clean Energy Work Plan June 2, 2015
City of Minneapolis: Clean Energy Partnership Board sets 2015-2016 work plan May 29, 2015
Star Tribune: Clean Energy Partnership fires up February 4, 2015
Star Tribune: Minneapolis makes two appointments to Clean Energy Partnership January 17, 2015
Star Tribune: Minneapolis council pauses on energy partnership appointments January 6, 2015
***
Star Tribune: Minneapolis City Council passes budget, restores some threatened programs...(December 10, 2014)
City Pages: Minneapolis Slashes Funding for Clean Energy Partnership before Celebrated initiative is launched (December 4, 2014)
Minnesota Public Radio News: Minneapolis one of 16 cities leading U.S. on climate (Dec 3, 2014)
Minnesota Daily: Contract aims for greener Minneapolis (October 20, 2014)
Midwest Energy News: Minneapolis utility fight ends with unique clean-energy deal (10/17/2014)
Twin Cities Daily Planet: Minneapolis and utilities establish unique "Clean Energy Partnership" (October 13, 2014)
Star Tribune: Activists optimistic about new utility partnership in Minneapolis (October 6, 2014)
Star Tribune Commentary How to secure Minneapolis' energy future (Oct 2, 2014)
Star Tribune: Utility deals would create new public-private energy partnership (October 2, 2014)
City of Minneapolis: Agreements with utilities would create first-of-its-kind Clean Energy Partnership (October 2, 2014)
Minnesota Daily Minneapolis explores new energy options -(Feb 24, 2014)
City of Minneapolis: Energy pathways presentation Monday, Feb. 24 (Feb 21, 2014)
***
The Examiner: Municipal utility idea put on pause until after November Elections (September 6, 2013)
Minnpost: Amid utility debate, Xcel and Minneapolis pledge cooperation (August 12, 2013)
Star Tribune: Push to create Minneapolis utility fizzles (August 10, 2013)
Minnesota Public Radio: Xcel, Minneapolis agree on green energy goals (August 9, 2013)
Star Tribune: Schafer: Memo to Xcel: Try less outrage, more savvy (August 1, 2013)
Star Tribune: Stakeholders mobilize for hearing on Minneapolis municipal utility debate (August 1, 2013)
Twin Cities Daily Planet: Municipal energy heating up in Minneapolis (August 1, 2013)
Minnesota Public Radio: Mpls. municipal electric utility hearing packed (August 1, 2013)
Pioneer Press: Minneapolis considers whether to take over utilities from Xcel, CenterPoint (August 1, 2013)
Minnesota Public Radio: Minneapolis debates getting into electricity business (August 1, 2013)
KSTP: Dozens Sound Off on Proposed Mpls. Utility Takeover (August 1, 2013)
Climate Wire: Minneapolis may drop homegrown utility and corporate citizen Xcel Energy (July 29, 2013)
Star Tribune: Xcel, CenterPoint and Minneapolis utilities (July 27, 2013)
Twin Cities Daily Planet: Minneapolis' Energy Future: What will our Options be? (July 26, 2013)
Minnesota Public Radio, The Daily Circuit: Xcel: City utility not in best interest of Minneapolis (July 24, 2013)
Twin Cities Business: Group Team with CenterPoint in City-Owned Utility Debate (July 24, 2013)
ABC EyeWitness News KTSP: Minneapolis Looking to Run its Own Utilities (July 23, 2013)
Twin Cities Daily Planet: Where Should Minneapolis Get Electricity? (July 23, 2013)
Twin Cities Business: Mpls. Hold Public Hearing Over City-Owned Utility (July 23, 2013)
Twin Cities Daily Planet: City of Minneapolis to hold Public Hearings August 1 on Forming a Municipal Power Utility (July 18, 2013)
Minnesota Daily: City of Minneapolis to hold Public Hearings on Forming a Municipal Power Utility (July 17, 2013)
Star Tribune: Minneapolis City Council OKs Study, Hearings on Forming City Utility (June 29, 2013)
Star Tribune: Minneapolis Mulls Hiring Nonprofit with Utility Ties for Energy Study (June 27, 2013)
Midwest Energy News: Will Minneapolis' Next Mayor Seek a Municipal Energy Utility? (June 27, 2013)
The Uptake: Minneapolis Mayoral Candidates Color Themselves Green (June 25, 2013)
Star Tribune: After the Storms, Twin Cities Clear a Path, Brainstorm for Future (June 25, 2013)
Star Tribune: Rates Cost Great River Big Customer: Elk River (June 21, 2013)
The St. Paul Pioneer Press: Minneapolis Urged to Study City-owned Utilities, Replacing Xcel and CenterPoint (June 21, 2013)
Fuel Fix: Houston to Buy Half its Power from Renewable Sources (June 20, 2013)
Minnesota Public Radio, The Daily Circuit: Fighting Global Climate Change at the Local Level (June 18, 2013)
MINNPOST: Minneapolis Can Choose a Better Energy Future, and DFL Convention is Key (June 13, 2013)
TC Daily Planet: Minneapolis Energy Options Seeks DFL Endorsement (June 12, 2013)
The SouthWest Journal: Minneapolis to Study City-Run Utilities (April 16, 2013)
TC Daily Planet : Minneapolis Fifth Ward Candidates Talk Municipal Energy, Environmental Concerns (April 10, 2013)
Finance and Commerce: Minneapolis Rethinks Pacts with Utilities (April 4, 2013)
The Minnesota Daily: MPIRG’s Effort turns to Energy for Mpls. The Minneapolis Energy Options Campaign Explores Affordable Utilities. (March 27,2013)
The New York Times: Cities Weigh Taking Over From Private Utilities (March, 13, 2013)
The Minnesota Daily: Keep Minnesota’s Energy Options Open (March 4, 2013)
Earthtechling: Minneapolis Investigates Getting More Clean, Local Energy (February 22, 2013)
CBS.WCCO TV: Interim Xcel Rate Hike Showing Up In Electricity Bills (February 11, 2013)
The Minnesota Daily: A Cleaner Energy Opportunity for Minneapolis (January, 30, 2013)
TC Daily Planet : Taking Minneapolis Energy Public? (January 21, 2013)
***
Star Tribune : Minneapolis Eyes Way to Push Utilities to be Greener (September 23, 2012)
Finance and Commerce: Minneapolis Mulls Options as Utility Pacts Expire (September 17, 2012)
Downtown Journal: Taking Control of our Energy Future (September, 10, 2012)