The Trump administration’s targeting of clean energy is complicating the path to 100% clean electricity in northern Minnesota.
As of now, Minnesota electric utilities are on track to comply with a 2023 state law requiring them to sell only carbon-free power to customers by 2040. But the road ahead looks more challenging — and more expensive — thanks to Republicans’ rollback of several Biden-era efforts to accelerate the transition from polluting power plants.
The One Big Beautiful Bill, signed by President Donald Trump in July, eliminated or severely restricted hundreds of billions of dollars in federal grants, loans and tax credits for renewable energy and other low- or zero-emission technologies. The administration has also effectively halted once-routine federal permitting for large-scale wind and solar projects and rescinded permits for some previously approved projects.
The federal turmoil comes at a…
