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Minnesota Power plans more gas

By Stephanie Hemphill | May 2, 2026 |

Boswell Energy Center, Cohasset

Minnesota Power is in a position now where it could skip the gas leg of the transition, moving directly from coal to renewables+storage. But it doesn’t seem interested in making that leap.

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Stumbling toward clean energy

By Stephanie Hemphill | March 6, 2026 |

Trump paused spending under the Inflation Reduction Act on the first day of his second term. What other resources are there to move the energy transition along?

Filed Under: Homepage Bottom Features, Homepage Top Feature Tagged With: energy

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