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May 8, 2017 | Media
Midwest Energy News: Clean Energy Groups Leading on Utility Changes
From Midwest Energy News: Following a two-year study on how to transform utility regulation in Minnesota, clean energy groups are now closely involved with pilot projects that begin to implement…
April 26, 2017 | Media
Forbes: America’s Utility Of The Future Takes Shape In Illinois, Ohio, And Minnesota
From Forbes: …The old model of coupling profits to increased infrastructure investment and greater sales is cracking as competitive technologies like rooftop solar, local storage and smart buildings displace increasing…
April 17, 2017 | Media
E&E News: Midwest Regulators Take Hold of the Grid’s Future
From E&E News Regulators across the Midwest are increasingly taking a closer look at the evolution of power grids and weighing policies and regulations that could reshape how electricity is…
April 3, 2017 | Media
Utility Dive: The Top 5 States for Utility Grid Modernization and Business Model Reform
From Utility Dive As utilities face the rise of distributed resources and face stagnant load growth, a number of states are looking to alter the traditional sector business model through…
January 4, 2017 | Media
POLITICO: States to Keep Utility Model Under a Microscope in 2017
The following POLITICO article references Minnesota’s e21 Initiative, co-led by CEE and Great Plains Institute. From POLITICO By Esther Whieldon EXCERPT: Several states will amp up their efforts in…
September 19, 2016 | Blog
E Source Report: MN’s e21 Initiative: The 21st Century Energy System
Report excerpt (shared with permission): In Minnesota, the e21 Initiative (an abbreviation for the “21st Century Energy System”) aims to create a utility business model that uses a customer-centric…
November 26, 2015 | Media
Initiative Aims to Reinvent Utility Industry the Minnesota Way
E&E Publishing’s EnergyWire featured an in-depth article, “Initiative Aims to Reinvent Utility Industry the Minnesota Way,” about the e21 Initiative’s work to “reinvent the utility business model and the regulations…