City Of Minneapolis: Help The City Prioritize Ways To Reach 100% Renewable Electricity Goals

Press release from the City of Minneapolis:

September 24, 2021

We are in a climate crisis. To fight climate change, Minneapolis has developed a draft 100% Renewable Electricity Plan to switch from fossil fuels to renewable energy and needs to know your priorities.

The goals are to:

• Power every City-owned building with 100% renewable electricity by 2023.
• Power all homes and buildings in Minneapolis with 100% renewable electricity by 2030.
• Produce 30% of all renewable electricity locally through rooftop solar and community solar gardens.
• Provide training and green jobs to residents.
• Support expansion for small business owners and contractors who are Black, Indigenous, people of color, and immigrants.
• Reduce energy costs for consumers through efficiency and lower electricity costs.
• Increase the health of residents in communities that are more vulnerable to climate change such as Green Zones.

Some in our city – including renters, people with lower incomes, Black people, Indigenous people, people of color and immigrants – are more vulnerable to climate change. The recently released draft plan suggests ways we can achieve the 100% renewable electricity goals in a way that helps everyone.

Read the draft plan on the City website, and send your comments by Oct. 15. Comments will be considered in preparing a final plan for City Council approval.

This press release was produced by the City of Minneapolis. The views expressed here are the author’s own.