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Minnesota governor signs 100% clean electricity bill

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz signed a clean energy bill into law today that requires the state's utilities to get 100 percent of their electricity from carbon-free energy sources by 2040.

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Today, Minnesota joined the club of states committed to 100% clean electricity when Governor Tim Walz signed F7/SF4 into law. The legislation that requires the state’s utilities to get 100 percent of their electricity from carbon-free energy sources by 2040.

Under the law, utilities will need to increase the amount of their electricity that’s generated from renewable energy sources — such as wind or solar— to 55% by 2035. The legislation also mandates that public utilities get 80% of their power from zero-carbon sources by 2030, 90% by 2035 and 100% by 2040.

Minnesota joins 10 other states with commitments to 100% clean or renewable energy. Environment America and its state groups, some of the driving forces behind similar bills in CaliforniaMaine and New Mexico, relaunched their state 100% renewables campaign last week.

“America could power itself on renewable energy many times over”, said Johanna Neumann, senior director of Environment America’s Campaign for 100% Renewable Energy. “Minnesota’s commitment to 100% clean electricity could encourage other states to follow.”

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