Accomplishments

Thanks to ECC’s advocacy, the legislature passes a law that requires that the Public Utilities Commission take into account customers’ ability to pay. This requirement forms the basis for much of the work to come over the following years.

Working in partnership with the POWER Coalition - a broad alliance of labor unions, environmental groups, and cooperative and municipal utilities - ECC helped defeat efforts to deregulate Minnesota's utility system. This landmark victory ensures that working people can continue to have their voices heard in the regulation of utility service.

Over the course of six years, ECC partnered with the Red Lake Nation to fight discriminatory practices by the Beltrami Electric Cooperative and establish energy conservation and renewable energy programs.

ECC and partner organizations secured guarantees that Xcel will reconnect customers during periods of extreme heat and air quality incidents (AQI). This pivotal ruling by the Public Utilities Commission protects the health and well-being of Xcel's lowest-income customers facing the harmful effects of climate change.