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Clean energy law spurs broad backing as it takes effect in Minnesota
The proposal to expand the state s Conservation Improvement Program generated bipartisan support needed to move it through the divided Statehouse. 4:05 pm, Jul. 27, 2021 ×
Gov. Tim Walz on Tuesday, July 27, 2021, spoke to reporters at the Capitol before ceremonially signing a bill that will expand Minnesota s Conservation Improvement Program. (Dana Ferguson / Forum News Service)
ST. PAUL Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz along with state lawmakers, energy industry leaders and utility workers on Tuesday, July 27, celebrated the passage of a proposal aimed at growing the state s Conservation Improvement Program.
The group held up the proposal as a win-win-win that would reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the state, reduce energy prices for consumers and create new jobs around the state. And they noted that it was a somewhat rare bipartisan agreement that was able to make it through the split Sta