The public comment period for our electric utility's latest 15-year plan ends next week. I've been working hard on my letter.
Their filing with the public utility commission contains a lot of information, but I also kept finding pages and documents on their website that give a fuller picture of their plans.
I learned that they did, or are now doing, a pilot project on shifting electricity demand, where they charge six times more for electricity from 3 to 8 pm on weekdays than they do from midnight to 6 am.
They are actively working on building up electric vehicle support systems and adoption.
Also, apparently they are rolling out some of their advanced metering
and other new technology in Colorado before they do in Minnesota. The
same thing happened with the push for low-emissions vehicles; first
California, then Colorado and some other states, and now Minnesota is
thinking about following suit.
I was able to scientifically calculate that even if they accomplish their ambitious plan of going completely "carbon-free" by 2050, it would reduce climate change by maybe 0.005 degree Celsius, if that.
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