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• Minnesota solar energy capacity spiked in early 2017
  The state added nearly as much solar capacity in the first three months of 2017 as all of 2016.May 5, 2017
• Xcel, Benson agree on plan to mitigate power plant closure
  The power plant in Benson has been burning turkey litter since 2007 and selling the electricity to Xcel, but the utility says the plant isn't cost effective.May 2, 2017
• Solar energy disparity emerges among Minnesota schools
  Schools are embracing solar to save money on utility bills and put more toward education. But a complicated web of utility rules and regulations means opportunities aren't universal.April 20, 2017
• Wind industry announces boom year, crowns Xcel utility leader
  Wind now supplies a quarter of energy in Minnesota, Iowa and the Dakotas. Growth is expected to continue.April 19, 2017
• Climate Cast: Wind turbines create economic and environmental opportunities
  A new report says growth in the solar and wind industries is creating more jobs and more opportunities to provide clean energy.February 9, 2017
• Replace Sherco coal plant with natural gas? Xcel brings debate to the Capitol
  Xcel is asking the Legislature to allow it to build a natural gas power plant in Becker to make up for some of the electric generation that will be lost when two of the Sherco coal plant units retire by 2026. Both clean energy advocates and utility customers are showing skepticism.February 2, 2017
• Climate Cast: Renewable energy under Trump
  Are wind turbines and other renewable energy resources under attack? Maybe not.January 5, 2017
• Trump signals radical changes to energy policy with cabinet choices
  President-elect Donald Trump is nominating cabinet members that might change our country's response to climate change.December 22, 2016
• Who looks out for utility consumers in Minnesota?
  Annie Levenson-Falk, the head of CUB (Citizens Utility Board) Minnesota, talked about how CUB will focus on consumers' utility bills in Minnesota and how to lower them or at least keep them from going up.October 21, 2016
• Minnesota receives $2 million federal grant to boost solar energy
  The U.S. Department of Energy's SunShot Initiative aims to help states meet renewable energy targets.October 20, 2016
• Minnesota Power to shut down two coal generators early
  The Duluth-based utility will shut down two coal-fired units in Cohasset, Minn., by the end of 2018, four years earlier than required by state regulators.October 19, 2016
• Massive new solar plot marks big changes in rural Minnesota
  A new solar array north of the Twin Cities will soon produce enough energy to power more than 20,000 homes.October 19, 2016
• Xcel's coal plant retirement plan gets regulatory approval
  A combination of factors are making it possible for Xcel Energy to reduce carbon emissions 60 percent by 2030, utility officials said Friday.October 14, 2016
• U.S.-India trade dispute cites Minnesota solar law
  A Minnesota renewable energy program has come under scrutiny from the World Trade Organization in a dispute between the U.S. and India.September 13, 2016
• Enbridge puts on hold proposed Sandpiper oil pipeline across northern Minnesota
  Enbridge Energy Partners has announced it will delay its controversial proposed Sandpiper oil pipeline through northern Minnesota.September 1, 2016

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