Local Stories

The Midwest Renewable Energy Association has begun advising ten Wisconsin communities pursuing SolSmart designation in 2019: Cities of La Crosse, Racine, Sheboygan, Stevens Point, Wauwatosa, and Portage County, as well as the Villages of Amherst, Egg Harbor, …

Wisconsin’s Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes gave the keynote address at Powering Local Leadership: A Summit on Energy and Resilience in Appleton on January 24th. His message was one of leadership and commitment to clean energy and of …

RENEW Wisconsin has completed the third round of the Solar for Good program, which extends funding for solar PV projects to mission-based nonprofits, houses of worship, and, in the latest round, to housing authorities and public schools. …

There was a huge response to the La Crosse Mayor’s Home Energy Challenge. Launched in September, (see EnergyOnWI Sept news) by Mayor Kabat with Xcel Energy and Focus on Energy as partners, the goal was to encourage …

In our fourth annual local leadership summit on energy and resilience, the Wisconsin Academy, UW- Madison Extension, Office of Energy Innovation and other partners are honored to announce that Lieutenant Governor-elect Mandela Barnes will be …

WECC and Seventhwave, two mission-based nonprofits focusing on energy efficiency, will combine into one organization named Slipstream on January 1, 2019. The new organization will focus on accelerating the clean energy transition by engaging with government agencies, utilities, mission-driven …

Article originally published by Journal Sentinel We Energies has proposed an innovative pilot project that would increase the amount of electricity it generates from solar power without passing the costs onto its existing customers. The …