Karlee Weinmann

Donors tied to DTE Energy and Consumers Energy have now funneled a combined $215,000 into the campaign fighting a popular ballot initiative that would restrict utility political spending in Michigan energyandpolicy.org/dte-consumer...

Minneapolis 1-day POP-UP VOTING SITES this week: ➡️ TODAY: Webber Community Center, 4401 Bryant N, 11a-6p Tue: Mpls Institute of Arts, 2400 3rd Ave S, 11a-6p Wed: Cedar Cultural Center, 416 Cedar, 11a-6p Thur: Midtown Global, 920 E. Lake, 11a-6p Fri: Powderhorn Park, 3400 15th Ave S, 11a-6p

On the heels of a controversial Xcel Energy rate increase, Minnesota lawmakers today teed up legislation that would prevent monopoly utilities from charging customers for lobbying, corporate advertising, private jets, exorbitant CEO pay, and more www.youtube.com/live/ofyVP1j...

Why is the chair of the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission in the press praising Xcel Energy’s filing in an open docket, especially when ratepayer advocates have raised concerns about it? www.startribune.com/a-new-xcel-p...

New York City-based media outlet Hell Gate went to Wisconsin Rapids to trace the footsteps of Adams, whose 'sneaky' plan to build community trust imploded in spectacular fashion. racketmn.com/eric-adams-w...

The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission opened this "affordability investigation" days before it authorized Xcel Energy to charge customers more for profits over the objections of every major ratepayer advocate in the state

NEW: Footage from Thursdays shooting shows an ICE agent in a construction vest brandishing a rifle. His name is Brenden Cuni. Federal judges have found multiple arrests involving Cuni unlawful. He has been accused of repeatedly Tasing a handcuffed man and tackling a pregnant woman in Minneapolis.

The always funny, always informative @climatetown.bsky.social breaks down who's driving skyrocketing utility bills. The answer will shock you... (Hint: They send you your bill every month).

This will be rolling around in my brain for a long time

Good chat.

“ICE never left. Things became less public, became less of a spectacle, but immigrants are still being targeted and persecuted,” Barham said. “And from rumors I'm hearing, things I've seen, I suspect that they're about to amp up again.” story via Cait Kelley www.mprnews.org/story/2026/1...

The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission will allow Xcel Energy to charge customers $34 million more per year for profits and said efforts to stop them were "cynical," "outrageous," and "ridiculous." Xcel raked in $2.2B in profits last year while disconnecting more people than ever. Appalling.

The claim says Williams didn’t threaten or resist agents on Jan. 7 but was held down, slammed into the ground and choked. During the drive to Whipple Federal Building, Williams says agents laughed about Renee Good’s killing earlier that morning and said, “hopefully we don’t have to kill you, too.”

Minnesota utility regulators are investigating Xcel Energy billing issues after a dramatic increase in customer complaints, which just keep rolling in minnesotareformer.com/2026/09/30/x...

City of Roseville, City of St. Paul, Osseo Area Schools, White Bear Lakes Schools, Minneapolis BOMA and many others to Xcel Energy: Your billing is out of control. “One month we received five invoices in three days for the same streetlight account..." www.twincities.com/2026/09/29/s...

Alex Pretti was shot and killed 8 months ago today after being disarmed by federal agents. The agents then spent the next few hours denying the BCA and MPD access to the scene while shooting at protesters. No one has been held responsible in the killing. chaddavis.photography/sets/ice-in-...

A utility trade group is quietly fighting to preserve a bond classification that critics say costs ratepayers billions -- without ever saying so outright. EPI breaks down EEI’s SEC filing.

It appears the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission will double down on a controversial decision allowing Xcel Energy to charge customers more for profit despite challenges from Attorney General Keith Ellison, the Department of Commerce, Citizens Utility Board, and more kstp.com/money-matter...

An effort to lower an Xcel Energy rate increase and save customers millions may fall short as Minnesota utility regulators weigh whether to revisit a decision facing broad public opposition.

seward cafe is one of the best spots in minneapolis, i love their breakfast tacos. they've been there for decades but are having financial trouble ahead of taxes and other bills coming due next month. they were even closed over the weekend and are asking for support on a ko-fi ko-fi.com/sewardcafe

NEW: Oil & gas corporations have been working hand-in-glove with the Trump admin to gut methane regs. Check out our investigation—based on internal comms that were never meant to be public, FOIA records, and more—to learn how industry has been maneuvering behind the scenes.

There are many reasons why utility bills are going up but the most frustrating one is that the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission is fighting all three of the state's top consumer advocates to allow Xcel Energy to charge customers more for profits www.fox9.com/video/fmc-fe...

“It’s a new reason to protect the world,” she said. www.nbcnews.com/science/envi...

Your electric bill is going up for lots of reasons but the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission is facing huge backlash for one in particular: their recent decision enabling Xcel Energy to charge customers more for shareholder profits youtube.com/shorts/9J7FW...

CenterPoint Energy just notified the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission that it charged customers an extra fee on card payments *663,452 times* after it agreed to stop. That's ~$1.3 million overpaid. No one at the utility noticed for almost a year? efiling.web.commerce.state.mn.us/documents/%7...

CenterPoint Energy just notified the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission that it charged customers an extra fee on card payments *663,452 times* after it agreed to stop. That's ~$1.3 million overpaid. No one at the utility noticed for almost a year? efiling.web.commerce.state.mn.us/documents/%7...

DTE is seeking yet another gas rate hike after its last one was approved literally yesterday www.detroitnews.com/story/busine...

Unless the Public Utilities Commission reverses its decision allowing Xcel to charge customers more for shareholder profits, there's a real risk other Minnesota utilities will expect the same result when they ask to raise rates sahanjournal.com/climate-envi...

Javier supported our South Minneapolis community in many ways during Metro Surge and now he’s caring for Tati, who recently learned she has a brain tumor and is facing a difficult recovery without family nearby. If you can help, they can use it. gofund.me/3d71a970c

ICYMI: As recently as Friday, Jocelyn Benson's campaign touted her as "the only candidate not taking utility money in this gov race." But her campaign accepted $3,000 from DTE Energy’s executive chairman, her fundraising disclosure showed. (via @bridgemi.com) bridgemi.com/michigan-gov...

minnesota people — were you at an anti-ICE organizing meeting, only to later find out an undercover DHS agent was in attendance? know someone who that happened to? if so, i'd love to talk — you can DM me, or reach out on signal, madimcvan.75

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel was a vocal defender of customers in rate cases, intervening on their behalf numerous times during her tenure. @planetdetroit.org has more: https://bit.ly/4d3bluv

Federal prosecutors today charged an ICE agent with lying about the shooting of a Venezuelan immigrant. Last night, we reported that the prosecutor had planned to bring more serious civil rights charges but was blocked by DOJ officials in D.C.

Michigan's Dana Nessel is a model for how attorneys general can rein in monopoly utilities and advocate for ratepayers, and it's a high-stakes race to replace her between someone who says they'll keep it up and someone who hasn't said much of anything at all planetdetroit.org/2026/09/mich...

“The company reported more than $2 billion in earnings last year, and in every earnings report we see that those numbers go up,” said Levenson-Falk, the Citizens Utility Board’s executive director. “But ratepayers, on the other hand, are already struggling to afford electricity service.”

Many Minnesotans experienced sticker shock at their latest energy bill, with the cost of energy a leading source of inflation nationally. Hot temperatures, grid upgrades and higher returns are some of the factors behind these high energy costs.