The primary goals of the initiative are:

• Increased Energy Efficiency among Power Companies.
• Use of More Renewable Energy Sources: Minnesota utilities are required to make a good-faith effort to provide 25 percent of electricity from renewable sources by 2025.
• Lowering statewide GHG emissions by15 percent reduction by 2015, 30 percent by 2025, and 80 percent by 2050.

Next Gen Energy Board

The NextGen Energy Board was created to provide recommendations to the Legislature and the Governor about how the state can most efficiently achieve energy independence through agriculture and natural resource sustainability.