GPI Vice President for Transportation and Fuels Brendan Jordan issued the following statement on today’s launch of the Minnesota Sustainable Aviation Fuel Hub, a new coalition led by the GREATER MSP Partnership, Bank of America, Delta Air Lines, Ecolab, and Xcel Energy. Continue reading »
Cities Across Minnesota Are Becoming EV Smart
August 25, 2023 in Communities, Transportation & Fuels Authors: Alejandro Nakpil, Diana McKeown
This blog was updated from a blog originally authored by Diana McKeown on November 15, 2022.
In November of 2022, the Great Plains Institute launched the EV Smart program in Minnesota. EV Smart is a voluntary certification and recognition program funded by the Minnesota Department of Transportation’s Clean Transportation Pilot Program. GPI designed EV Smart to provide communities with a road map to electric vehicle (EV) readiness and help them equitably achieve their EV-readiness goals through technical assistance and a peer cohort model. Continue reading »
GPI’s Electric Vehicle Charging Station Economics Calculator
August 11, 2023 in Energy Systems, Transportation & Fuels Author: Dane McFarlane
This blog was originally published August 15, 2019. The calculator was updated in 2023 to include a mechanism that allows users to input EV charging station customer pricing by the kilowatt-hour instead of only by the minute. Please contact the Transportation & Fuels team with any questions about the calculator. Continue reading »
GPI Requests Twin Cities Electric Mobility Education Outreach Proposals
July 11, 2023 in News & Press, Transportation & Fuels Author: Darren Goode
Project aims to fill electric mobility literacy gap in underserved communities
July 11, 2023, MINNEAPOLIS—The Great Plains Institute (GPI) is requesting proposals to help fill the literacy gap about electric mobility among low-income, historically marginalized groups, and other underserved communities in the Twin Cities. Continue reading »
Next Steps for a Clean Transportation Standard in Minnesota
June 22, 2023 in Transportation & Fuels Author: Mariem Zaghdoudi
Despite the national and state momentum and the consistent support from the growing Future Fuels Coalition, the proposed Minnesota clean transportation standard did not pass during the state’s recently adjourned legislative session. Yet progress will continue this summer thanks to legislation requiring the establishment of a working group on a clean transportation standard in the state. Continue reading »
Minnesota’s Historic Legislative Session Delivers Clean Energy, Climate Wins
June 14, 2023 in Communities, Transportation & Fuels Author: Carolyn Berninger
Minnesota legislators and advocates seized a unique opportunity this spring to pass transformative clean energy and climate policy that will jump-start the state’s transition to a lower-carbon economy. The state’s legislative session adjourned on May 22, and it was a busy few months at the Capitol. The state’s historic budget surplus, unified Democrat-Farmer-Labor (DFL) control of state government, and significant federal investments in clean energy set the stage for ambitious policymaking in 2023. Continue reading »
Minnesota Approves Comprehensive Statewide Electric Vehicle Readiness Assistance
May 24, 2023 in News & Press, Transportation & Fuels Author: Darren Goode
Budget deals significantly elevate state’s effort to expand transportation electrification
May 24, 2023, MINNEAPOLIS—Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has signed into law a sweeping set of first-time incentives and other funding approved by the state legislature that significantly elevates the state’s efforts to expand transportation electrification. Continue reading »
Minnesota Approves Clean Transportation Standard Working Group In Budget Deal
May 23, 2023 in Transportation & Fuels Author: Darren Goode
Adds momentum toward finalizing nation’s strongest standard next year
May 23, 2023, MINNEAPOLIS—Taking decisive action to move Minnesota to the forefront of national transportation policy, the Minnesota State Legislature has approved funding for consideration of a statewide clean transportation standard, following a concerted push by a diverse coalition of automakers, electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers and charging providers, biofuel producers, and clean energy and conservation advocates. Continue reading »
Michigan Introduces Clean Fuel Standard Legislation
May 2, 2023 in Transportation & Fuels Author: Mariem Zaghdoudi
On April 19, Michigan Senate Majority Floor Leader Sam Singh (D-East Lansing) introduced Senate Bill 275, which seeks to establish a clean fuel standard in Michigan. The clean fuel standard bill is part of a package, the Clean Energy Future Plan, which a group of Senate Democrats introduced in an effort to make Michigan “a more environmentally sustainable state as climate patterns continue to change.” Continue reading »
Illinois and Minnesota Lead the Midwest in Introducing Clean Transportation Standard Legislation
April 13, 2023 in Transportation & Fuels Author: Mariem Zaghdoudi
With the federal government paving the way for climate action through the passage of historic legislation, states are following suit and introducing major transportation decarbonization bills. Illinois and Minnesota are taking the lead in the Midwest. Both states have introduced clean transportation standard legislation, also known as clean fuel standards. Continue reading »
