2025 Minnesota Energy Action Plan Project

What will the project do?

• Baseline metrics that depict the state’s energy landscape

• Action plan to significantly advance high-potential energy strategies and/or technologies

• Outcome indicators to track and communicate progress as action plan is implemented

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Project team members

U.S. Department of EnergyEnergy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

State Energy Program

Energy Systems Consulting Services, LLC

Clean Energy Resource Teams

Minnesota Pollution Control Agency

Additional partners

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1. Mobility, transportation and fuels2. Energy supply and grid modernization3. Efficient buildings and thermal energy4. Industry and agriculture5. Energy and climate planning and action

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Criteria for prioritizing strategies

1. Moves MN toward state energy, climate, other air quality and environmental justice goals

2. 2025 MN Energy Action Plan Project has the potential to move the needle on a particular strategy in the context of related projects in MN

3. Likely benefits relative to costs4. Stakeholders are committed to advancing the strategy

and have ability to leverage additional resources5. Has potential to provide benefits across sectors

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Minnesota’s Energy Landscape

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Minnesota’s Energy Landscape

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MINNESOTA’S ENERGY POLICIES

ENERGY EFFICIENCY• Conservation policy

• Building energy codes/standards

RENEWABLE ENERGY

• Renewable energy goal• Renewable electricity standard• Solar electricity goal and standard

• Renewable fuel standards

CLIMATE

• Fossil fuel reduction goal• Greenhouse gas emissions goal

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Source: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. “Estimated Minnesota Energy Use in 2012.” https://flowcharts.llnl.gov/commodities/energy

ENERGY EFFICIENCY

Conservation• Energy Conservation

Improvement: Annually conserve 1.5% of retail electricity and 1% of natural gas sales (all utilities)

Building energy codes/standards• Aggressive Sustainable

Building (SB 2030) Program required for buildings that receive state bonding

• Executive order: 20% reduction in energy use in public buildings

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ENERGY EFFICIENCY

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2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Trillion Btu Natural Gas Saved Electricity Saved

Source: Minnesota Department of Commerce. “A Report on the Impacts of the 2010-2014 Shared Savings Demand-Side Management (DSM) Financial Incentive on Investor-Owned Utility Conservation Achievements and Customer Costs.” Docket No. E,G999/CI-08-133. https://www.edockets.state.mn.us/EFiling/edockets/searchDocuments.do?method=showPoup&documentId={9DF59F7B-19D8-4230-8475-4A14EE738326}&documentTitle=20157-112050-01

OUTCOMES | ENERGY SAVED THROUGH CIP

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RENEWABLE ENERGY

Standards:• 25% of electricity from

renewable sources by 2025 (statewide)

• 1.5% from solar by 2020 (investor-owned utilities)

Goals:• 10% of electricity from solar by

2030 (statewide)

• 25% of total energy from renewable sources by 2025 (statewide)

Source: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. “Estimated Minnesota Energy Use in 2012.” https://flowcharts.llnl.gov/commodities/energy

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RENEWABLE ENERGY

Mandates:• Biofuel content: 10% ethanol

or other approved biofuel in all gasoline

• Biodiesel content: 20% biodiesel in all diesel fuel by 2018

Goals:• Petroleum replacement: 30%

renewable fuels in total gasoline by 2025

Source: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. “Estimated Minnesota Energy Use in 2012.” https://flowcharts.llnl.gov/commodities/energy

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RENEWABLE ENERGY

Coal50%

Natural gas7%

Nuclear22%

Hydro1%

Wind16%

Biomass3%

Other1%

OUTCOMES | MN’S ELECTRICITY GENERATION 2014

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CLIMATE

• Reduce per capita fossil fuel use for energy by 15% by 2015

• Reduce total greenhouse gas emissions below 2005 levels by

• 15% by 2015• 30% by 2025• 80% by 2050

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration. “Table CT3. Total End-Use Energy Consumption Estimates, 1960-2012, Minnesota”. http://www.eia.gov/state/seds/data.cfm?incfile=/state/seds/sep_use/tx/use_tx_MN.html&sid=MN

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MMBtu/person Minnesota United States

14.7% reduction

OUTCOMES | FOSSIL FUEL USE PER CAPITA

Source: Minnesota Pollution Control Agency

OUTCOMES | FORECASTED EMISSIONS

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