Clean Energy

The Public Utilities Commission extended the deadline to comment on the utility's plan for providing power through 2039 at the request of environmental organizations.

Parent company ALLETE strongly disagrees with the ruling. The sale to raise capital for the clean energy transition has raised concerns from environmentalists and industry.

The state funds aim to help the competitiveness of projects in Little Rock, northern Itasca County, Crookston, Mahnomen County and beyond, which are pursuing federal funds.

The bill is likely to change in the Senate, where clean energy advocates and industries are pressing GOP lawmakers.

The state originally enacted the $75 annual surcharge in 2021 to replace the money electric vehicle owners would normally pay in gas taxes, which contribute to road and bridge construction and maintenance.

Utilities are gradually shifting away from coal, but the Trump administration still sees it as viable. Minnesota is part of new findings that throw cold water on the reinvestment push.

Farmers counting on funding from the Rural Energy for America Program, or REAP, are still waiting for government payments totaling $410 million across the country.

After sitting dormant during winter for the past decade, strained by high energy costs, the Lodge of Whispering Pines is up and running on the strength of a solar project.

Minnesota researchers are looking at how to harness those forces and turn them into usable energy. Superior's waves can top out at 10-15 feet before crashing into shore.

A lack of clarity over the extent of the pause prompted chaos in state and local government, health care providers, social services agencies and other nonprofit organizations.