Energy & Resources

• Xcel gets MN rate hike; customers to get refunds
  Xcel Energy was cleared on Tuesday to raise its electric rates in Minnesota, but most of the company's customers stand to get refunds and might even see their bills go down.September 29, 2009
• Rebates available soon for energy-saving home upgrades
  Another economic stimulus program encouraging Minnesotans to make energy upgrades to their homes takes effect this week.September 28, 2009
• Macalester building receives highest LEED rating
  A new building on the Macalester College campus in St. Paul has received the highest ranking available for green construction and operation.September 24, 2009
• Pawlenty's current climate change stance differs from past
  President Obama is promising new steps toward capping greenhouse gas emissions, but Gov. Tim Pawlenty is backing away from his earlier support for new regulations to slow global warming.September 23, 2009
• Met Council gets $1.1 million to buy hybrid buses
  The Metropolitan Council secured $1.1 million in federal funding on Monday to purchase 35 small diesel and electric hybrid buses.September 21, 2009
• Federal delays stall alternative energy projects
  Another bottleneck in the federal stimulus pipeline is coming to light: bureaucratic delays are tying up payments for small-scale solar and wind energy systems in Minnesota.September 21, 2009
• Policy and a Pint with Colin Beavan
  In a conversation with The Current's Steve Seel as part of The Current's Policy and a Pint, author Colin Beavan discusses his book "No Impact Man" and what permanent changes he has made, the importance of personal action and responsibility, and what the developed world must to do to ensure a healthy future for the next generations.September 18, 2009
• U of M hopes to win solar house competition
  At the U of M's St. Paul campus, students have designed a fully-equipped house powered entirely by solar energy.September 18, 2009
• Lock and Dam 3 near Red Wing to get facelift
  Lock and Dam 3 on the Mississippi River north of Red Wing is getting a facelift.September 18, 2009
• Oil pipeline pumping millions of dollars into area communities
  A controversial new oil pipeline called the Alberta Clipper has created thousands of construction jobs across northern Minnesota and is bringing millions of dollars into communities all along the pipeline route.September 16, 2009
• Study: Small power projects important to Minn. energy
  Supporters of renewable energy projects say a new state study shows that small power projects can play an important role in changing Minnesota's energy mix.September 15, 2009
• Ethanol plants using hops to eliminate bacteria
  Ethanol companies are looking back to the monasteries of ancient Europe for one possible solution to a troublesome production issue.September 14, 2009
• Minn. utility quits Big Stone II; other utilities plan to continue project
  The utility leading an effort to build a $1.6 billion coal-fired power plant in South Dakota that would serve five states has pulled out of the project.September 11, 2009
• Xcel finds elevated tritium levels at Monticello Nuclear Plant
  Xcel Energy has found higher-than-natural levels of radioactive tritium in a monitoring well at its Monticello Nuclear Plant.September 11, 2009
• Ethanol plant in Lamberton holds grand opening
  The Highwater Ethanol plant in the southwestern Minnesota town of Lamberton holds its grand opening celebration Friday.September 10, 2009

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