Data: 2025 wasn’t great for clean energy, but could have been much worse

By: Brian Martucci

Outlets: Minnesota Reformer

Published: May 4, 2026

Words: 765

Last Updated: 2 months, 3 weeks ago

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Minnesota produced more of its own power in 2025 — most of it from carbon-free sources — as inflation-adjusted electric rates fell slightly from 2024 even as the national average electric bill jumped.

Those are some of the good-news tidbits in the latest Minnesota Energy Factsheet, an annual report from Clean Energy Economy Minnesota in partnership with BloombergNEF and the Business Council for Sustainable Energy.

Planet-warming emissions from power generation held steady in Minnesota …

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