Case studies

Resources

Minnesota

Saint Paul, Minnesota

St Paul is quickly scaling G-TENs throughout the city by supporting a number of third party entities (including non-profits, private companies, and energy co-ops) to develop projects. A public-private partnership can be effective, but we would want projects to meet a baseline expectation for community benefit or ownership when being developed in Minneapolis.

Duluth, Minnesota

Duluth is expanding G-TENs through a public-private partnership with EverGreen Energy where the city owns the infrastructure, and EverGreen administers the utility. Although not our preferred ownership structure, it is yet another endorsement of G-TENs as common-sense energy infrastructure.

Rochester, Minnesota

Rochesteris developing G-TENs through its existing municipal energy utility, starting with downtown government buildings and expanding into businesses.

Outside of Minnesota

Hayden, Colorado

Colorado Mesa University

New Haven, Connecticut

West Union, Iowa

Framingham, Massachusetts

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Research questions

  • What already exists? Locally and elsewhere?

  • Examples of cities that have something working and what was the process to get to it?

  • What issues are these cities encountering? What are the social impacts?