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Happy New Year, Minnesota, Our resolution is to keep working to ensure Minnesota’s transition away from gas and toward safe,
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In our September blog, we discussed Line Extension Allowances (LEAs) and the Future of Gas docket working its way through the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC).
Right now, the Commission is reconsidering a decades-old policy under which current gas utility ratepayers subsidize the expansion of the gas system. The Clean Heat Minnesota coalition has been urging the Commission to eliminate this outdated approach by engaging Minnesotans and advocates in the process. . In doing so, our coalition is actively building towards a future where every Minnesotan can live, work, and play in buildings heated with clean, safe, and affordable energy.
This fall, Clean Heat Minnesota’s Coalition Manager, Natalie Cook, was featured in a three-part webinar series from Climate X Change about the Future of Gas docket and the opportunities it presents for climate advocates.
Watch this webinar in the Future of Gas 101 series and dive into case studies about the important regulatory work being done both here in Minnesota and in Illinois.
Download the webinar slide deck here.
The purpose of Minnesota’s Future of Gas docket is to plan and implement the regulatory framework needed to halt the expansion of gas infrastructure, decarbonize our buildings, invest in efficiency, and more — all while protecting ratepayers and securing long-term energy affordability.
Watch the third and final webinar in Climate X Change’s ‘Future of Gas 101’ series, featuring Clean Heat Minnesota’s Coalition Manager Natalie Cook and Caitlin Eichten, Director of Building Energy Transition at Fresh Energy alongside a panel of advocates and experts for a discussion and Q&A on state-level Future of Gas policy:
Download the webinar slide deck here.
We are so proud to be part of an incredible nationwide group of organizations building towards a decarbonized future in this country.
Collectively, we are making our voices heard in the decision-making process. Together, there is immense good we can do to realize a future where all Minnesotans have access to clean, affordable energy to power their heating, cooking, and appliances.
In the coming months, the PUC will meet to determine what to do about Line Extension Allowances and what topic to explore in the Future of Gas docket next.
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Happy New Year, Minnesota, Our resolution is to keep working to ensure Minnesota’s transition away from gas and toward safe,
It’s winter in Minnesota, and that means it’s game-on for holiday cooking and cold-weather comfort food.
Clean Heat Minnesota’s fight to end outdated gas utility line extension policies through public comments.