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CEEM-members: The policy team has kicked off policy priority meetings for the 2024 year. Please keep an eye out for scheduling requests in your inbox.

The CEEM team headed to Morgan, MN for the annual 3-day Farmfest where they spent time with members including Pump and Meter (pictured on the right), NextEra Energy and All Energy Solar. The importance of climate smart policies in agriculture was a key topic of conversation throughout many of the panels.

Clean Energy Economy MN (CEEM) was honored to take part in a recent fact finding trip to Denmark to learn more about the Danish biogas and dairy sectors. CEEM’s Executive Director, Gregg Mast, was one of sixteen delegation members consisting of industry, government and academic leaders from the U.S. and Canada that participated in the trip.

Announced on June 7, CEEM is tremendously proud to share that we are a founding member of the Minnesota Cleantech Consortium. This Consortium will elevate MN as a go-to region for technology innovation, promoting the state’s clean energy future and economic development.

After not getting anything done regarding energy in last year’s legislative session, the rapid pace and sheer volume of the accomplishments this year will be felt for many years to come. The Minnesota Legislature built upon key federal legislation and has set the table for the clean energy economy to explode across the state.

We expect to see final budget details from the Environment and Energy Conference Committee as soon as Friday afternoon. Watch our social media for the most up-to-date information on what is happening at the Capitol.

The bills composing the state budget have passed the Houe & Senate and now the differences will be hammered out in Conference Committees. Unprecedented levels of funding and favorable policies for clean energy and energy efficiency programs are positioned well to be included in a final budget package.

Competitiveness Fund: On Tuesday following the legislative break, the Senate passed the bill to set up a Competitiveness Fund ($115M) for the state to compete for the federal funding available in the IIJA and IRA bills.

Bills continue to fly through the legislative process and committees now have budget targets to begin putting together their omnibus proposals. Federal matching funds passed the House Floor on Thursday and should be on the Senate Floor soon.