May 3, 2021 | News Stories
After months of declining to endorse any specific plan to both get Illinois on a path to 100% renewable energy and crack down on public utilities’ power in Springfield, Gov. JB Pritzker on Wednesday April 28th entered the already raucous fight with his own...
Apr 26, 2021 | News Stories
Tax Increment Financing (TIF) is a financing option that uses expected future gains in state or municipal property taxes from a development or redevelopment project to finance improvements that will create those gains. It has been used as a community development tool...
Apr 21, 2021 | News Stories
Rise Up partner, Winneshiek Energy District in Iowa have a monthly Energy Breakfast (sometimes lunch) webinar series. While we encourage you to explore all the entire series, their April webinar featured Mechanical Engineer and Clean Grid Alliance Consultant, Natalie...
Apr 15, 2021 | News Stories
On March 31st, Midwest Renewable Energy Association (MREA) Executive Director, Nick Hylla sat down with Wisconsin’s Green Fire (WGF) as part of a 90-minute panel discussion on opportunities for Wisconsin to chart a path towards an energy system that is cleaner, more...
Mar 30, 2021 | News Stories
Timothy DenHerder-Thomas with Cooperative Energy Futures (CEF) joined Rise Up Partner, Clean Energy Resource Teams (CERTs) out of Minnesota, to talk about his journey working on climate and clean energy issues, and his organization’s vision and approach to...