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Great Plains Institute for Sustainable Development

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Grants

2023 (2 years)
$500,000

The Great Plains Institute for Sustainable Development (the Institute) provides public and private sector analysis, tools, and demonstration projects to drive consensus around state clean energy policy. Responsible for shaping their own energy policies, states wrestle with policy options related to generation, transmission, and distribution and how those choices affect a state’s ratepayers, economy, environmental condition, and the resiliency of a region’s electrical grid. By providing reliable research and analysis to policymakers, launching demonstration projects, and convening policymakers, the Institute helps inform states about the broad economic benefits of low carbon energy sources. The award supports general operations.

2021 (2 years)
$1,000,000

The Great Plains Institute for Sustainable Development (the Institute) provides public and private sector analysis, tools, and demonstration projects to drive consensus around state clean energy policy. Responsible for shaping their own energy policies, states wrestle with policy options related to generation, transmission, and distribution and how those choices affect a state’s ratepayers, economy, environmental condition, and the resiliency of a region’s electrical grid. By providing reliable research and analysis to policymakers, launching demonstration projects, and convening policymakers, the Institute helps inform states about the broad economic benefits of low carbon energy sources. The award supports general operations.

2018 (2 years 6 months)
$1,000,000

The Great Plains Institute (the Institute) provides public and private sector analysis, tools, and demonstration projects to drive consensus around state clean energy policy. Responsible for shaping their own energy policies, states wrestle with policy options related to generation, transmission, and distribution and how those choices affect a state’s ratepayers, economy, environmental condition, and the resiliency of a region’s electrical grid. By providing reliable research and analysis to policymakers, launching demonstration projects, and convening policymakers, the Institute helps inform states about the broad economic benefits of low carbon energy sources. The award supports general operations.

2017 (1 year)
$500,000

The Great Plains Institute (the Institute) provides public and private sector analysis, tools, and demonstration projects to drive consensus around state clean energy policy. Responsible for shaping their own energy policies, states wrestle with policy options about generation, transmission, and distribution and how those choices impact a state’s ratepayers, economy, and environmental condition, in addition to the resiliency of a region’s electrical grid. By providing reliable research and analysis to policymakers, catalyzing demonstration projects, and convening policymakers, the Institute helps inform states about the broad economic benefits of low carbon energy sources. The award supports the Institute’s efforts to inform state policymakers about energy policy design options suitable to their respective state and region.