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<br /> Annual Minnesota Generation from Selected Sectors,Sales, and Electric Industry CO2 Emissions 2005-2012
<br /> Electricity Net Electricity Net
<br /> Electricity Net Generation Generation Electricity Net Minnesota Electric Power
<br /> Generation From From Nuclear Generation Total Retail Industry Carbon
<br /> From Coal Natural Gas Electric Power From Wind Sales Dioxide
<br /> Emissions (1,000
<br /> Year mWh mWh mWh mWh mWh Metric Tons)
<br /> 2005 32,949,845 2,707,267 12,835,219 1,582,477 66,019,053 39,516
<br /> 2006 33,070,451 2,560,797 13,183,418 2,054,947 66,769,931 38,183
<br /> 2007 32,190,373 3,842,477 13,103,000 2,638,812 68,231,182 38,321
<br /> 2008 31,755,253 2,865,846 12,996,838 4,354,620 68,791,615 36,821
<br /> 2009 29,327,226 2,846,483 12,393,425 5,053,022 64,004,463 33,689
<br /> 2010 28,082,550 4,340,847 13,478,046 4,791,723 67,799,706 32,946
<br /> 2011 28,258,626 3,350,773 11,958,525 6,725,695 68,532,708 32,618
<br /> 2012 22,722,774 7.088.205 11.943.790 7,615.408 67,988.535 28.494
<br /> Change -31% 162% -7% 381% 3% -28%
<br /> Source: NA State Electricity Profiles
<br /> 2005 to 2012 are completely ignored by EPA's formula. other than Xcel to achieve 25 percent renewable energy
<br /> Further, any CO2 reductions during the eight-year by 2025.Xcel, which accounts for about 46 percent of
<br /> period from 2013 through 2020 beyond EPA's modest total sales, is required to achieve 30 percent renewable
<br /> assumptions don't count toward achieving the state's energy by 2020. Minnesota has banned the construction
<br /> goal; they actually make the goal harder to achieve. of or purchase from large new coal-fired power plants
<br /> and imposed one of the most stringent energy efficiency
<br /> Minnesota Greenhouse Gas Reduction Efforts requirements in the country.
<br /> Minnesota has been a leader in the Upper Midwest in
<br /> developing state energy policy to reduce greenhouse The Sustainable Building 2030 program requires
<br /> gas emissions. Minnesota has established a goal of performance standards for new and substantially
<br /> reducing greenhouse gas emissions from 2005 levels by reconstructed buildings to reduce their CO2 emissions
<br /> 15 percent by 2015, 30 percent by 2025 and 80 percent by 60 percent in 2010; 70 percent in 2015;80 percent in
<br /> by 2050. Our RES requires power suppliers in the state 2020; and 90 percent in 2025. It is an energy goal of the
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<br /> Many smaller fossil fuel-fired power plants,like the gas-fired Willmar Municipal Utilities diversified its energy portfolio in
<br /> 32-megawatt Northeast plant owned by Austin Utilities,are in 2009 with the$10 million addition of two,two-megawatt wind
<br /> the process of being retired from service. turbines,which feed directly into the local electric system.
<br /> 4/2015 State Position Statements
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