⚡️✊ Power People Can Afford💰
Energy bills are rising, and Minnesotans deserve a say in who pays and who profits. Join CURE and friends for Power People Can Afford: Townhall on the Rising Cost of Energy & What We Can Do. We’ll dig into the growing crisis of energy affordability, how it affects our lives, and what we can do about it. There are solutions to the problem of rising energy bills that also put us on the pathway towards a people-powered energy future. But it will take neighbors coming together with neighbors across the Northland to rein in the corporate powers driving up rates and demand an energy system that is affordable, reliable, clean, healthy, and fair.
📍 Fri, Nov 13 at 6pm in Duluth
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📘 Blueprint for Affordable Energy ⚡
Across the country, communities are coming together to resist the consolidation of Big Tech, Big Power, and Wall Street that want to subsidize the data center buildout and pad their bottom lines off the backs of ratepayers. Learn more from CURE and People’s Action’s United Ratepayers Coalition about what we can do—on the ground and through policy— to keep our energy bills down, hold Minnesota Power and its private equity backers to account, and make sure we don’t pay the price for their profit. 🎥 Watch HERE
💡 Your Energy Bill. Your Story. 🗣️
The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) is investigating energy affordability, and Minnesotans must have a real say. Tell the PUC what energy costs mean in your life right now. Minnesotans’ needs should come before powerful utility interests and energy should be safe & reliable at prices people can actually manage. 📍 Email your comments to consumer.puc@state.mn.us by Fri, Dec 11 📩 Subject line: Affordability Investigation + Docket #: 26-341
💧 Land of Water & Sea of Grass 🌾
Minnesota has spent more than a century reshaping how water moves across the landscape, from early drainage ditches to today’s extensive tile systems. Join us to explore how we replumbed the prairie, what that has meant for our land, water and farms, and where we go from here. Hear from Sea of Grass authors Josephine Marcotty & Dave Hage and others! 📍Sat, Nov 14 from 1-2:30 PM in Willmar. Register HERE.
🏢 Data Centers are on the ballot 🗳
Where do candidates stand on data centers? Will they support strong statewide rules to protect our water, ensure transparency, include clean energy from the start, end tax breaks, and give people a real voice? Minnesota’s 2025 data center law fell short. In 2027, lawmakers must pass robust data center regulations that put Minnesotans first. Learn more. 📸: Devon Young Cupery
🗳 Minnesotans Vote 🇺🇸
Election Day is Tuesday, November 3. Whether you’re a longtime voter or heading to the polls for the first time, know your options and your rights. CURE has pulled together resources to help you understand your voting options, protections, and what to do if you run into problems. Learn more about everything related to the how, where, and when of voting in Minnesota HERE.
