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Minneapolis passes its Climate Legacy Initiative, juicing its local climate action funding by $10 million per year. A short thread on how other cities can similarly advance clean energy: #cities #ClimateAction #CleanEnergy @theUSDNstartribune.com/minneapolis-hi…
The revenue for Minneapolis comes from a utility franchise fee, basically a pass through from electric and gas bills to the city government. In about 40 states, cities can similarly negotiate and set these fees: ilsr.org/energy/utility…
This podcast, with former Minneapolis city council member Cam Gordon, explains how the city used the franchise fee the first time, an idea borne out of exploring whether to form a public utility: ilsr.org/minneapolis-ce…
Minneapolis isn't alone in pursuing local funding for climate action. It's also been done in Seattle: ilsr.org/seattle-jumpst…
Portland, Ore., also created a strong base of funding for equitable clean energy deployment. ilsr.org/portland-ore-v…
Notably, Portland was very focused on local clean energy projects, shown to have substantial social and economic benefits: ilsr.org/report-advanta…
Minneapolis started its journey by considering publicly owned utilities (backing down when the utilities threatened to move their HQ and sent color mailers to every address in town). Would it pay off? Check out ILSR's 6-part series on public power: ilsr.org/the-promise-an…
Long story short, cities have a lot of leverage and power in the fight against climate change or to advance the economic benefits of clean energy. We need more cities to act like #Minneapolis! @MayorFrey @theUSDN
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