Solar Power Bridges The Political Divide In New & Different Ways
in her home state, beginning with a solar-plus-storage project in Ramsey, which is located in Anoka County.
Joe Biden won Minnesota’s 10 electoral votes in the 2020 Presidential election, riding to victory on the majority vote in 13 urban, high population counties. The other 74 counties, including Anoka County, voted for the losing Republican incumbent, who was known forPolitics aside, Anoka County is home to the first solar-plus-storage system in Minnesota of any significant size. The developer is Connexus Energy, described by Marohn as the biggest electric cooperative in the state.
Marohn cites the CEO of Connexus Energy, Greg Ridderbusch, who explains that solar played a role in the cooperative’s ability to keep its electricity rates flat for 5 years in a row, along with smart meters and water heater controllers. Connexus is not the only cooperative in Minnesota to hold the line on rates, in contrast to investor-owned electricity providers. Marohn reports “while Minnesota’s largest investor-owned utilities, including Xcel Energy and Minnesota Power, are increasing electric rates this year, some rural electric co-ops are holding rates steady,” thanks in part to the falling cost of solar and wind power, too., which could help soften the blow of rate increases for their participating customers in Minnesota.
Still, large scale wind activity has been picking up in the Gopher State. In 2019 Minnesota also hosted a first-of-its-kindIf large-scale wind development slows down in Minnesota, individual farmers may still be able to take advantages of new technology that could make the bottom line case for small scale wind projects on their property. One trend to keep an eye on isEnergy News Network
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