Rural Minnesota counties work together to simplify clean energy development and maximize local benefits

Published on January 9, 2025

A long-running local government collaboration in southwestern Minnesota is helping to insulate the region from the kind of controversies and misinformation that have plagued rural clean energy projects in other states. The Rural Minnesota Energy Board has its origins in a regional task force that was set up during…

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