DEED Announces $5 Million Grant Round for Community Energy Transition Funding
16 Oct 2023
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The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) today announced a $5 million grant round for eligible communities facing fossil fuel power plant closures to help them craft and deploy economic growth strategies after the power plants close.
DEED's Energy Transition Grant Program is designed to help so-called "energy transition communities" weather initial economic challenges after power plants close so they can eventually take full advantage of the post-fossil fuel clean-energy economy.
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