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2025 Integrated Resource Plan

Minnesota Power submitted its 2025 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) to the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (MPUC) on March 3. The IRP details the company’s 15-year plan to meet the electricity needs of its customers. The MPUC will approve, reject or change Minnesota Power’s plan after hearing from stakeholders and the public.

IRP Highlights

Minnesota Power delivers over 50% renewable energy to customers as it continues to provide safe and reliable energy and a sustainable transition to a less carbon- intense future. The company’s Integrated Resource Plan calls for adding renewable projects, customer-focused demand response, energy storage and reliable baseload generation to replace coal. The diverse combination of resources positions Minnesota Power to meet increasing demand for energy, cease coal use for its customers, and meet Minnesota’s carbon free energy milestones.

What Minnesota Power wants to achieve:

  • 80% renewable power supply by 2030.
  • 90% renewable power supply by 2035.

How Minnesota Power plans to do it:

  • Add 400 megawatts of new wind projects by 2035 in addition to the 700 megawatts of renewables now in development.
  • Expand energy storage resources by 100 megawatts by 2035.
  • Maximize and expand customer-focused programs, including energy efficiency and demand response.
  • Cease coal at Boswell Energy Center in Cohasset by 2035 and replace with fuel- flexible natural gas capacity for immediate carbon reductions.

The IRP Process

The Commission oversees the resource planning process and will decide to approve, reject or change Minnesota Power’s IRP after hearing from stakeholders, government agencies, and the public. The Commission’s evaluation considers whether the IRP can:

  1. Maintain or improve the adequacy and reliability of service,
  2. Keep customers’ bills as low as possible,
  3. Minimize negative social, economic and environmental effects,
  4. Enhance Minnesota Power’s ability to respond to financial, social and technological changes affecting its operations, and
  5. Limit the risk of adverse effects on customers and the utility from factors outside of the utility’s control.

Where to Learn More

Visit Minnesota Power's website, mnpower.com. You can also contact the company by mail, email, or telephone:

Minnesota Power
30 W Superior Street
Duluth, MN 55802-2093
Phone: 1-800-228-4966
Email: CustomerService@mnpower.com

Read the filing submitted to the Commission using eDockets, the Commission's online system. Go to https://www.edockets.state.mn.us/documents, enter "25-127" in the docket field, click "Search" and a list of documents will appear.

More information on the resource planning process is at https://mn.gov/puc/energy/resource-planning/.

If you have questions about the MPUC's review process or need help submitting comments, contact the MPUC's Consumer Affairs Office:

Phone: 651-296-0406 or 1-800-657-3782
Email: consumer.puc@state.mn.us

For questions about procedural aspects of the IRP, contact Commission staff: