In response to Bob Velez' post, the information below appears on County Commissioner Peter McLaughlin's web page. People are encouraged to call Peter's office for more information (see below).
I thought the Green Institute was assisting with this urban energy cooperative process, but I did not find more detail on their site. In a somewhat related topic, the Green Institute is working on an industrial ecology component of the Humboldt Industrial Park community-based planning, visioning and greening process in the Camden Community. Humboldt Industrial abuts four Camden neighborhoods (Lind-Bohanon, Shingle Creek, Victory, and Webber Camden) and is one of the identified growth centers in the city. The next community meeting for this process is 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, May 21, 2002 at Creekview Park, 5001 Irving Ave. N. Jeff Strand Shingle Creek 4th Ward--SD58 ========================== Previous post: Message: 13 Date: Fri, 3 May 2002 14:43:06 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: [Mpls] City purchasing energy on behalf of residents From: "Bob Velez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> How does that new Energy Co-Op in Phillips work? Is it similar to these thoughts of purchasing energy (natural gas/electricity/whatever) at reasonable rates by leveraging membership size in a group like an energy co- op? Bob Velez Shingle Creek Ward 4-1 (still!) ====================== Link to Peter McLaughlin web page: http://www.co.hennepin.mn.us/countyboard/district4/d4hotissues.htm Phillip's Neighborhood Electric Coop Underway Several organizations, including Hennepin County, have been meeting to explore the formation of an Urban Electric Coop in the Phillip's Neighborhood in Minneapolis. This would be the first urban electric coop in Minnesota and first new electric coop in Minnesota since the late 1930's. The Hennepin County Board, the MN Department of Commerce, Great River Energy, the US Economic Development Agency, Great Lakes Commission, EnPower and the Green Institute, have provided funding and people power to date to help make this dream a reality. In the coop tradition, the Phillips Coop would organize consumers to more effectively purchase electricity and manage its use through conservation techniques and investments. The possibility of creating neighborhood electric generation capacity will also be explored. Within the next few years, it is our hope that the Phillip's Neighborhood will be served by a new energy coop, a re-birth of one of the great progressive ideas for which Minneapolis is famous. For more information, you may call my office at 612-348-3204. ==================================== _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
