Integrated Systems Planning
February 21, 2019 | Blog
e21 Forum Focuses on Integrated Systems Planning towards a Decarbonized Electric System
Beginning in 2019, Minnesota’s three investor-owned utilities will file resource plans that will chart a path into a time period of significant change and opportunity. With nearly all the state’s…
December 3, 2018 | Events
2018 E21 FORUM #2: DECEMBER 3RD
Objectives for 2018 e21 Forum #2: Highlight and revisit the e21 Integrated Systems Planning White Paper and recommendations Explore the question, “What grid services will be required by…
October 10, 2018 | Blog
Documenting Minnesota’s Progress with an Evolving Electric System
Less than four years ago, the Center for Energy and Environment and the Great Plains Institute launched the e21 Initiative, a multi-stakeholder collaboration brought together to find ways to…
August 23, 2018 | Blog
Assisting States and Stakeholders in the Complicated Work of Grid Modernization
The e21 Initiative has not only provided valuable leadership in shaping a 21st century electric system in Minnesota, it’s created opportunities for utilities in the Midwest and both US coasts to…
July 5, 2017 | Integrated Systems Planning
EUCI: MN is Adopting a Methodological Approach to Grid Modernization (EUCI)
Minnesota — unhampered by the pressures facing some other states — is taking a step-by-step approach in planning and developing a smart grid, one that could be a template for…
December 1, 2016 | Integrated Systems Planning
e21 Phase 2 Report
The diverse set of e21 stakeholders have reached another milestone, concluding Phase II of their work with the release of three white papers addressing key issues in Minnesota’s energy future.
December 1, 2016 | Integrated Systems Planning
e21 Phase 2 Report: Grid Modernization
The basic design of the electric grid has remained largely the same since the first commercial power plant in the United States went into service in 1882. Electricity has for…
December 1, 2016 | Integrated Systems Planning
e21 Phase 2 Report: Integrated Systems Planning
In phase I, the e21 participants recommended changes to the resource planning process for utilities that opt in to a performance-based multi-year rate structure. Those utilities opting to file a…
December 1, 2014 | Integrated Systems Planning
e21 Phase 1 Report
A growing and fundamental misalignment exists between the traditional utility business model (and the regulatory framework that supports it), and the realities of today’s marketplace and Minnesota’s public policy goals.