Cooperative Energy Futures does things differently.

At Cooperative Energy Futures (CEF), we believe that energy should work for everyone. Our members, a diverse community across urban, suburban, and rural Minnesota, are at the heart of our clean energy projects. Together, we create fair and affordable energy solutions that eliminate upfront costs, making clean energy accessible to all. We envision a future where every household can join and benefit from the clean energy transition, supporting both economic and environmental sustainability.

CEF envisions a future where teams of people in every community are working to produce, manage, and wisely use the energy that they need to thrive. We do that by equipping members to build socially-just climate solutions through projects that ensure community ownership, enable participation by households of all incomes, and create pathways into the solar workforce for local community members

CEF has financed and developed 13MW (~$16M) of low-income-accessible community solar arrays that are cooperatively-owned-and-operated across urban, suburban, and rural Minnesota.This offsets the utility bills of over 700 Minnesota households for the next 25 years and we’re just getting started!

This is our cooperative energy future.