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ANNUAL REPORT 2015 - 16

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Ramez Naam, a computer scientist, futurist, and award-winning author, will

inspire us all. Ramez spent 13 years at Microsoft, developing early versions

of Microsoft Outlook and Internet Explorer. Now an acclaimed thought

leader and author of five books, most recently The Infinite Resource: The

Power of Ideas on a Finite Planet, Ramez has mapped out a course to meet

the challenges of climate change, energy, and water through scientific and

technological innovation.

FEATURE EVENT |

What is your vision for a clean energy future? At Fresh Energy we are working toward a future where:

• Peopleof all ages and income levels have access toclean, affordable renewable energy and buildings thatare healthy and efficient.

• Jobs in energy expand as we improve our buildingsand rely more on homegrown resources instead ofvolatile imported oil, coal, and gas.

• Communities are healthier, with electric cars, buses,and active transportation taking us where we need togo and improving air quality and livability.

Fresh Energy advances this vision policy by policy, securing critical changes to outdated laws and developing solutions that are informed by data and sound economics.

Over the past year, Fresh Energy’s team of experts shaped decisions that will retire coal plants, increase investments in renewable electricity, and prevent fees that discourage energy efficiency. Our innovative Power Pairing events brought leading experts, businesses, and the public together to discuss top issues. Working at the Public Utilities Commission, with industry leaders, and Minnesotans across the state, we launched our Solar for All initiative to ensure that everyone benefits from the transition to clean energy.

This annual report highlights Fresh Energy’s progress over the past year. And there is more to come. At this time of unprecedented urgency and innovation in the energy and transportation sector, we look forward to continuing to work as your clean energy champion, advancing realistic, visionary energy policies that benefit all.

FRESH ENERGY: YOUR CLEAN ENERGY CHAMPIONBY MICHAEL NOBLE

BY THE NUMBERS

Our Mission

Shape and drive realistic, visionary

energy policies that benefit all.

Our Vision

An economy we thrive in and energy

that ensures our well-being.

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BOARD

Anita S. Duckor, Chair President Duckor & Associates

Gary Schokmiller, Vice Chair President Trio Executive Search

Rich Lehman, Treasurer CPA and Partner Boulay Group

Donna W. Allan Director, Office of Transit, retired MN Department of Transportation

Jeffrey S. Broberg, LPG, REM Senior Environmental Project Manager and Professional Geologist WSB & Associates

Joe DeVito Co-Founder and CEO SolarStone

Cody Fleischfresser Director Ameriprise Financial

Nicholas Garbis HR Executive GE Power, General Electric Company

Bridget Levin Founding Principal Nametag International

Chuck Nadler CEO Ascendant Resources LLC

Chris O’Brien Alternative Energy Fellow Flextronics

Beth Pearlman Co-Executive Producer Tremendous! Entertainment

Raj V. Rajan, Ph.D. RD&E Vice President and Global Sustainability Technical Leader Ecolab

STAFF

Michael Noble Executive Director

Sarah Clark Director, Program Advancement

Rob Davis Director, Media & Innovation Lab

Allen Gleckner Director, Energy Markets

J. Drake Hamilton Science Policy Director

Meggie LaValley Director, Individual Giving

Will Nissen Director, Energy Performance

Leigh Onkka Development and Communications Associate

Ellen Palmer Director, Operations and Finance

Ben Passer Policy Associate

Ken Paulman Managing Editor, Digital Media Projects

Matt Privratsky Senior Communications and Government Affairs Specialist

Ben Rabe Senior Policy Associate, Buildings

Dylan Sievers Policy Coordinator

Sarah Weiss Administrative Assistant

Alexis Williams Senior Engagement Specialist

FELLOWS AND INTERNS

David Collier

Ana Diaz

David Evans

Sam Gill

Laura Hannah

Henry Kellison

Kate Strickland

Danielle Winner

Saskia Zinn

VOLUNTEERS

Ipek Atalay

Greg Ballard

Scott Burtness

Grace Clark

Steve Corneli

Katie Fernholz

Robert Graham

Sharon Grimes

Leya Klingsporn

Katy Lowery

Nancy Pfund

Ken Smith

James Tong

Jon Wellinghoff

Hannah Williams

FOUNDATION + PROGRAM SUPPORT FEB. 1, 2015 – JAN. 31, 2016

Argosy Foundation

Audubon Minnesota

Bigelow Foundation

Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund

Blue Cross Blue Shield

BlueGreen Alliance Foundation

The Crown Family

Energy Foundation

Joyce Foundation

George Gund Foundation

Great Plains Institute

MacArthur Foundation

C. S. Mott Foundation

The McKnight Foundation

Natural Resources Defense Council

RE-AMP

Saint Paul Foundation

Western Resource Advocates

Wind on the Wires

CURRENT BOARD, STAFF, AND VOLUNTEERS

Transportation is a big source of carbon pollution and Fresh Energy is working hard to transition toward more cars and buses running on renewable electricity. Fresh Energy experts are developing “win-win” rate design and policy solutions that increase electric transportation while improving the electric grid and public health. With electric cars becoming more affordable and drivable, Fresh Energy also maintains a strong drumbeat of public education. We led a series of events that brought the nation’s electric car leaders to Minnesota last year, and provided high profile communications at the Twin Cities Auto Show to send a message that electric transportation is for everyone.

ELECTRIC VEHICLES

CARBON REDUCTION

People may look to states like California

and New York for energy progress, but

over the past year Minnesota has truly

led the way. In fall 2015, thanks to

careful analysis by Fresh Energy and our

partners, Xcel Energy announced that

it planned to shut down units 1 and 2

at the Sherco coal plant because clean

energy options were more economical.

Fresh Energy’s J. Drake Hamilton, in

red, was called to the White House to

stand with President Obama, the CEO

of Xcel Energy, and other leaders to

announce the Clean Power Plan. Fresh

Energy also represented Minnesota at

the Paris Climate Summit, showcasing

how market-based energy policies can

achieve deep carbon reductions while

growing U.S. clean energy jobs.

For many industries, selling more products means more profit. In the world of energy, Fresh Energy doesn’t think that should be the case. Instead, we’re working in utility rate cases to decouple the amount of energy a utility sells from the amount of profit they bring in, giving utilities a true business case for cutting waste from their system. Over the past year, Fresh Energy helped Minnesota reject increases to the fixed fee that customers pay every month, ensuring that customers are able to reduce their energy bill by conserving energy in their own home.

ENERGY EFFICIENCY

New homes and commercial structures will now be more energy efficient thanks in part to Fresh Energy’s work for better buildings.

FRESH ENERGY PROGRAMS / LEARN MORE AT: FRESH-ENERGY.ORG

David Collier (middle) served as a Capitol Pathways intern for Fresh Energy during the 2016 Legislative Session.


BETTER BUILDINGSBuildings consume a significant amount of the energy we produce – but Fresh Energy is working to change that. By collaborating with builders and government officials, Fresh Energy is helping create better buildings that use less energy and cost less to operate. New buildings in Minnesota must meet minimum energy efficiency requirements thanks to the state codes we helped secure. To make sure the codes work in the real world, Fresh Energy is now coordinating the Minnesota Codes Compliance Collaborative, which is considered a national model for cooperative action. To address multifamily buildings specifically, we’re helping lead the Minnesota Multifamily Affordable Housing Energy Network toward solutions that improve buildings while lowering energy costs for rental tenants.

ENERGY NEWS NETWORKOver the past five years, Fresh Energy has grown Midwest Energy News into one of the most well-respected outlets for energy journalism in the region. Thousands of readers count on our daily email, and our award-winning original reporting is shining a spotlight on the transition to clean energy. In 2015, with energy issues becoming increasingly complex, we launched Southeast Energy News and U.S. Energy News — two daily news digests that will expand independent journalism across the country.

Fresh Energy is working to make our communities cleaner and healthier, including increasing access to solar power.

As the cost of wind and solar continue to drop, Fresh Energy is working to ensure that expanded clean and affordable energy options are available for people of all incomes. Fresh Energy was a lead architect of Minnesota’s community solar law, and now serves as the go-to expert for shaping community solar programs proposed by utilities across the state. Over the past year we provided vital research and game-changing technical comments and testimony in multiple decisions at the Public Utilities Commission, working to make local clean energy affordable for renters, nonprofits, and other customers, and preventing fees that limit progress. We also completed important groundwork for modernizing Minnesota’s outdated electric grid, which will ultimately make local clean energy projects more viable and reduce costs for businesses and utilities – who can pass that savings on to their customers.

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Fresh Energy’s Ben Passer, standing, actively coordinates the Minnesota Multifamily Affordable Housing Energy Network and brings lessons learned in Minnesota to key national forums.

Sharon GrimesJohn GroganKris HagemanMary Ellen HalversonJustin HalversonCarolyn HamLinda HansenShawntera HardyCassie HarringtonMartha Harris and Bradley NagelMargaret Hasse and David GrotheCynthia HatfieldKim HaveyHarold and Jeanette HawkansonAndrew HeairetRoger HeegaardTom and Mary HellerMary HenniesBernie HesseHank and Marjorie HeystekJanelle and Paul HidgemCynthia and Russell HobbieMary Jo HolewitJulie HolmenPaul and Linda HoltVirginia HommeElizabeth HorstJohn W. HowardDavid HowdKathy HundSteve and Joan JanuszClifford and Betty JohnsonRobert and Joycelyn JohnsonLacey JonesCatherine Jordan and Steve LickHolly JorgensenBen JoselynBonnie JuranState Representative Phyllis KahnShana Kaplow and Stephen MitrioneMichael and Theresa KarelsBarbara KaufmanJohn KearneyScott KeelyHenry KellisonBrent and Leslie KellumLoni KempPhyllis and Don KerrRobyn KeyportAnne K. KimberJohn King and Ruth WingeierWendy KlagerJulie KlassenBethanie Kloecker and Greg MannRobert and Kathleen KlukasDavid Knoblauch and Sue WoodrichTom KoehlerLarry and Cynthia KoehlerDavid Koehser and Nancy DunniganDina KountoupesLynn KrafveLawrence Krantz and Diane PittmanBob and Carole KrieselNicholas and Donna KruegerSonja KuftinecDiana KuklinskiLaura KundratJennifer La ForgiaDiana LahdLee Ann LandstromTerry LanganMerwyn LarsonAdina LebowitzDuane Lengsfeld and Evelyn KaiserJoel LevieAlison LindburgHenry LippmanChristine Bremer and Raleigh LittleLynne LokkenFrank and Bonnie Loncorich

Katy LoweryDonna LundbergLeslie MacKenzie and Peter FosterTim and Dianne MadsenBarbara MahowaldThomas and Sandra MallonMaria Surma Manka and Joram MankaLuke ManloveAnn C ManningChristina M. ManningJustin MargoliesLynne and Howard MarkusDenise MarloweCarol and Kenneth MastersKarin MatchettLotti MatkovitsSally MaxwellMaureen and Jerry McCarterMike and Fran McCloskeyDonald McClureJack and Barbara McGowanLarry McpeckDanielle MeinhardtTom and Aggie MeiumLinda MelomConnie MetcalfSteven Miles and Joline GitisAnn C. Miller-BowersTom Moberg and Hanna CooperDavid and Nancy MoeAh-li MonahanEmily MooreJudith MooreMarilyn MoremLiz Morris OttoTeresa M. MorrowPaul MossGeorge MuammarLarry MuelkenDiane MundtChristy and Gordon MyersZachary Ness-DedenCecelia NewtonJim and Joyce NicholsAlan NogeeGreg NolanSusan OdePaul OhmannJesse Okie and Mary HarringtonLori OlingerKathleen OlsenTerry OlsenLee Olson and David BoycePhilip OlsonPatricia A. OlsonJohn and Mary OnkkaLeigh and Al OnkkaMichael OrthCandyce OsterkampElizabeth Ozmon and Martha LaudertMarion PadillaJoseph F. PalenWarren and Patty ParkBen PasserAndrew W. PearsonGloria PeckE. Eugene and June PetersonJoel PetersonMolly PichlerSurya PidapartiDoug and Deb PierceDerrin PintoKate Poole and Ken PearsonKevin PorterGreg and Pat PrattThomas Witt and Mary Ruth M. PreusD’Ann PriorBa ReaTom ReedMary RehwaldtBill and Mary Ann ReillyWilliam ReimerMike RisseAngie Robinson

Gregg Robinson-RieglerSamuel RockwellJo Anne RohrichtRobert RosenbrookRobert Rossi and S. Alex SchwartzMarvin RothfuszErik RunquistCarole E. RustPete SalmonAllen SamesStan SattingerJim Scheidt and Peggy LarsonJames Martin and Karen SchikGerald SchlabachKay Lara SchoenwetterCarolyn Rose SchurrPeter SchwarzJan ScofieldRobert and Jacquelyn SellersGregg SeversonDarren and Sonja SharpRobert ShermanDylan SieversSisters of St. Joseph of CarondeletJulie Smendzuik-O’BrienBuffy SmithKeith StacyMarti StarrJohn Linc StineCarlotta StombergRichard StrongMonique SullivanPamela SwansonJeremy SwansonPeter SwensonThe Beez Kneez LLCMelvin and Sharon ThelenScott and Barb ThiemKaren ThimmPriscilla J. ThomasPeter ThompsonThomson ReutersPat TieskoetterMarian and Mike TuomalaGerry TyrrellPatrick Van FleetRichard and Carolyn VandendolderBarb and Doug VeitMarilyn VialleNancy Victorin-VangerudVisitation Monastery of MinneapolisDevon VojtechMichelle and Dwayne VosejpkaLance Vrieze and Cassie KennedyLisa WaldnerMichelle WallaceJay Walljasper and Julie RistauFlorde WardD. Clifton Ware and Bettye WareBeth Waterhouse and Don MarondeAndrew WattenhoferWilliam George WeberJoel Weisberg and Janet WatchmanAmanda WelliverJohn WenzelMark WernessKristen Comstock and Troy WestSarah WhebbeBetty WheelerDarlene and Thomas WhitePeter and Anne WildenborgJason WillettAlexis and Brandon WilliamsMr and Mrs. Robert E. WilliamsShawn WillyRichard and Lois WintersteenMike and Lisa WojcikWendy WyattPeter and Peggy YackelCarleen YocumJackie and Steven Zimmerman

Adam ZoetPaul Zorn and Janet Petri

IN HONORDoug Lucas, in honor of a cleaner better wayJohn Kearney, in honor of Mary DavidovShelli Chase and John Feldman, in honor of Anita DuckorLaurie Derechin, in honor of Anita DuckorKristen Comstock and Troy West, in honor of Anita DuckorBarbara Mahowald, in honor of DFL Environmental CaucusJeremy Kalin, in honor of J. Drake HamiltonLinda Holt, in honor of Paul M. HoltDiana Lahd, in honor of Holly Lahd LarsonLinda Melom, in honor of all my children & grandchildrenCaryl Nelson, in honor of Carl NelsonChristina Melloh, in honor of Michael T’KachJoanne Kendall, in honor of my grandchildren and to their children yet unbornJim Ladner and Tracy Van Steenburgh, in honor of guests at the wedding of Jim Ladner and Tracy Van Steenburgh

IN MEMORYIn memory of former Fresh Energy board chair, Steven Hoffman, Ph. D.:James AllensonAnonymousBernard BradyCatherine CoryJayna DittyBridget DuoosGabriel FlaaMatthew GeorgeMatthews GrantTerry LanganPaul OhmannDerrin PintoSteve Reimer and Jen KentWilliam ReimerGregg Robinson-RieglerGerald SchlabachBuffy SmithMark Stansbury-O’DonnellPatrick Van FleetLisa WaldnerMark WernessWendy WyattLaDonna Boyd, in memory of Don BoydDorothy H. Callahan, in memory of John CallahanRaj V. Rajan, in memory of Bob GildersleeveDoris M. Jorgenson, in memory of James G. JorgensonGary Konkol, in memory of Christine V. LassaDavid Knoblauch, in memory of Connie MyhreLela Porter, in memory of Harriet PorterJohn Dunlop, in memory of Paul Wellstone

Please contact us with corrections. We apologize for

any errors or omissions.


Doug Shoemaker and Pat SchoeneckerBruce D. SnyderSolarStone Partners, LLCSullivan Renovation Inc.Mary T’KachMike and Jessica TobinUniversity of Wisconsin - River FallsCurt VolkmannAnne Weyandt

$250 – $499Stuart AckmanBill Elwood and Betsy AllisSigurd and Shannon AndersonNancy AndrewsAnonymous (2)Jeffrey S. BrobergMark V. ChapinChurch of St. OdiliaRichard CondonConservation MinnesotaJay and Page CowlesRichard and Carol FlintDon and Gerry GrantJohn Heer and Jody CoppJohn F. HickJudy and Alan HoffmanCharles and Sally JorgensenJoanne KendallJohn and Anita KesJohn and Barbara KrennDiane and William KruegerKevin LawlessJames Manolis and Emily GreenMichael Servetus Unitarian SocietyTom Mueller and Art PunykoPatagoniaGarry George and Beth PearlmanDonna and Richard PetersonTodd Reubold and Veronika TorarpGregory T. RotterAnders and Ewa RydakerDon and Renae ShieldsMark SpurrLouis and Barb TurnerUnitedHealth GroupKarl and Ann VohsCarol Witte and Winston CavertHoward Zechmeister

$100 - $249Ross and Jennifer AbbeyPhilip and Marie AdamStacy AllanBarbara AllanCarol AndrewsAnonymous (6)Lynn ArnsdorfLouis Asher and Lisa WersalK BancroftSusan BarnesSheila BayleJim and Marsha BenshoofThomas and Margit BergDick BernardGinny BlackBradley BlueMarv and Judi BoikeStephanie and Craig BowronJim and Ruth BowyerSteve Boyd-SmithMichele Braley and Nils DybvigGerard BreenRalph and Mary BrindleTom and Mary Florence BrinkThomas BrinkmanJoanne BroadyCharlotte BrookerMichael and Janet BrownJen BrunePhilip Bush and Kathryn BishopCamp UniStarCandace CampbellAmy and Greg Caucutt

Shelli Chase and John FeldmanLaurie ChasteenSusan Cheney and David ArbeitMary Lou ChristensenChurch of St. GerardSarah and Whitney ClarkJulie CloseRobert and Diane CoderreRay and Ellen CoxMike and Becky CreglowStewart and Lesley CrosbyBill CunninghamBob and Jeanne CutshallDakota Unitarian Universalist FellowshipRob DavisPaula DeCosseKathy and Gary DenaultLaurie DerechinElizabeth and Thomas DodderThomas DonovanPerry DotsonAmy DritzAnita S. DuckorMelissa Eblen-ZayasDaniel EndertonEnergy Concepts Inc.Don FerberDean FlugstadStephen and Monica FrytakLynn GlesneGloria Dei Lutheran ChurchDaniel GoldBill GorcicaHeidi Lyn GranstromJohn and Janet GreenBob GubrudMike GudeWilliam and Marlene HaiderLaura Hannah and Julian Ryba-WhiteShawn HartfeldtNancy Read HendricksRuss HenryKathy HollanderSeth and Nancy HoytHeather IlseMonica and Rex IngramDrew and Karie JohnsonThe James and Doris Jorgenson Charitable FundJeremy KalinTom and Marlene KayserJames Keller and Patricia Johnson KellerJohn KernKathy KochGary KonkolKay Kramer and Sally JohnsonAmelia KroegerJukka and Susanne KukkonenPeggy and Bruce KvamLake Fellowship of Unitarians and UniversalistJeanne LandkamerColles and John LarkinBrad Larson and Jennifer JohnsonGary Douglas LaurentMeggie LaValleyRich and Lori LehmanPeter and Pam LeschakMark Lindquist and Kristi Schlangen LindquistJamie LongDoug LucasPaul Lukens and Nancy HoeftRebecca Lundberg and Daniel WilliamsJohn and Mary Ann LundquistGerald LynchMike and Marta MaddyKarin and Larry MargolisDon MartinJohn and Connie MartyMichael T’Kach and Christina MellohSusan Meyers

Stacy MillerJack MootyGwen and Mason MyersSusan MyranCraig and Patricia Neal on behalf of Heartland Inc.Bruce Nelson and Barbara WattsRichard and Joan NewmarkCarolyn NiesenWill Nissen and Julia JacksonSusan Nixon and Walter LentzJean M. NoblePaul Noble and Lisa BooneRich and Raymonde NoerMarcie O’ConnorMary Lynn and Clay OglesbeeGabe OrmsbySteve and Shelley OrrGerda OttmanEllen Palmer and Scott AlslebenNancy Palmer and Michael HoppsBharat ParekhBeth ParkhillBarbara Pilling and Daniel CarlsonSally PolkLela PorterJudi PoulsonLucinda PrattMatt PrivratskyScott PrivratskyDavid Rapaport and Jeanne KirbyLawrence RedmondBob ReichertDonald RobertsonGene D. and Judith S. RoseAmber RudellSandy and Jim RummelChristina Nichols and Dianne RussellFlo and Burt SandokMary E. SavinaJeanne Schleh and Robert StanichCarolyn A. SchmidtGael Entrikin and Ray SchmitzLola Schoenrich and Peter OppenheimRebecca and Louis SchwartzkopfChad Selmecki and Nan MaddenBob ShepardJan ShogerWilliam Sierks and Mamie SegallNell and Chris SmithCathy SpenglerMark Stansbury-O’DonnellDeeAnn StenlundDonald and Wildie SwansonTed TapanilaKaya TarhanMichael R Texler and Hannah Dunevitz TexlerSheryl TheuninckDennis L ThompsonJerome TillerRena TurnhamJohn and Sally TurrittinSam VillellaJered WeberCathryn and William WellerPaul WhiteThomas Witt and Mary Ruth M. PreusDebbie Wuerffel and W. KirchgessnerJohn Yazbeck

UP TO $99Richard and Sharon AadalenKaren R. AchbergerMary AdairJames AllensonDonna AndersonDonna M. AndersonGary AndersonNorma AndersonDyAnn Andybur

Anonymous (43)Rodney BaakkonenJan BakerGene and Lois BakkoSara Barsel and Randy NeprashWilliam BartonBob and Betty BeachPeter BerglundAdam BirrHeidi BlackburnWilliam and Ruth BlockAmy BolandDr. David and Gretchen BonhamGeorge BoodyKen and Crystal BradleyBernard BradyJenny BreenMichael and Janet BrownMarcia BrownBill and Ann BruinsLee CalhounDorothy CallahanDianne CareyRick Carreiro of CaliforniaClarence ChaplinMarc ChapmanJudy ChuckerDaniel ClarkinPat ClemmerKaren CohenJosh CollinsCommunity Shares of MinnesotaKari CooperCatherine CoryJim CrantsKyle CrockerRobert and Alice CronkFran CrottyDee CzechEvan DavisH. Gordon DeaneMerle DeNuccioErin DeWittElizabeth Dickinson and Christopher Childs Jane DietlDennis and Nickie DillonJayna DittyKevin and Beth DooleyDoris DornMartha DorowPeggy DrewsFred Dulles and Cathy JordanBridget DuoosLaura DuscherBarbara EdgarSteve and Judy ElkinsDiane EmersonJoe EntwisleDan and Jane FarkEthan Fawley and Lesley SchackGabriel FlaaSusan FleschMari Forbush and Don SalisburyCindy FossumKenneth FosterKatie and Rick FournierRon FraboniPeg Furshong and Steve PetrichKatie Galloway-ThoeleRobin GarwoodScott and Laurie GauerMatthew GeorgeJan GerstenbergerEllen GibsonKristi GibsonAllen and Andrea GlecknerJudy and Ray GoebelRussell and Valeria GoodmanDelores GoodwinLaura GorskiJourney GosselinJohn Gostovich and Celeste KoeberlMatthews GrantJohn GrapeMerle GreeneDorian and Margie Grilley

Fresh Energy’s Power Circles recognize the leading individual, business, and organizational members who make generous unrestricted contributions of $1,000 and above each fiscal year.POWER CIRCLES

NEWTON CIRCLEMembers contributing $10,000 or more in a fiscal year.

Accredited Investors, Inc.Anonymous (3)AvedaCommunity Energy, Inc.Lang Family FoundationRichard and Joyce McFarland Ross and Bridget LevinMinnesota Environmental FundSolarCitySunEdisonThe David Winton Bell FoundationThe John Larsen FoundationKate Wolford and Ed Reilly

CURIE CIRCLEMembers contributing $5,000 – $9,999 in a fiscal year.

An anonymous fund of The Minneapolis FoundationIberdrola RenewablesLeuthold Family FoundationM.A. Mortenson Construction

EDISON CIRCLEMembers contributing $2,000 – $4,999 in a fiscal year.

Donna W. Allan and Bill MahlumRandy and Bird AndersonAnonymousAtomic Data

John BernsBirchwood Financial PartnersPaul and Shannon BurkeMike and Sharon ConleyPatricia Benn and Ned CrosbyD+R InternationalChristine and Loren DanielsonDavies-Sommer Family Fund of the Minneapolis FoundationElmer L. & Eleanor J. Andersen FoundationCustomers of Lakewinds Food Co-opDavid and Sarah LiljaMacalester CollegeMinnesota Solar Energy Industries AssociationPiper Jaffray Matching GiftsRaj Rajan and Kavitha SitaramCheryl Appeldorn and Thomas SchnettlerShayna Berkowitz and Phyllis Wiener and Still Ain’t Satisfied, A Foundation With AttitudeSunrise Energy Ventures LLCSunShareJim WolfordMedora Woods

TESLA CIRCLEMembers contributing $1,000 –$1,999 in a fiscal year.

Allegro Microsystems, LLC Matching GiftsAnonymous (2)

David Chizek, MDAmy Skoczlas Cole and Jason ColeDavid and Kitty CrosbyKim and Carol CulpCharles Dayton and Sara EvansJohn and Susan DunlopAlan and Lollie EidsnessBecky ErdahlLaura and Cody FleischfresserFredrikson & ByronH.B. Hayden Jr.Kathleen JonesTracy Van Steenburgh and Jim LadnerLenfestey Family FoundationJennifer MartinLucy and Bob Mitchell- The Longview FoundationRichard and Janet NevilleJane Newman and Amy LangeMichael and Patsy NobleChristopher O’BrienNancy PfundPower Over TimePrairie Restorations Inc.Gary and Susan RappaportMelissa Rappaport Schifman and James SchifmanDavid Robinson and Jan EkernGary and Mary Ann SchokmillerLeola and Ray SchreursRobert SecorJames UttleySteve Wilson and Mary SheddJohn and Dana Wood

$500 – $999Peter H. Bachman and Janet Rice Fund of The Minneapolis FoundationAmy and Paul BiewenTerrance BrueckSteve and Christine ClemensChris and Ingrid CulpEcoLab FoundationChristopher EnnisNicholas and Sarah GarbisJohn and Mary GarciaNancy Gibson and Ron SternalRoss and Monique HammondNancy and James HiebertDan and Sara HolmdahlInnovative Power SystemsJohn and Thelma JamesSylvia JohannesonDavid Leppik and Jordan WoodAlice LesneyRobert McKlveen and Ellen JonesCharles and Candice Nadler Family FoundationCaryl NelsonJack and Sara Nelson-PallmeyerDuane Ninneman and Maureen LaughlinMark and Mary Jo NissenHelen PaulKaryn Paulman and Stephen PaulmanPatrick and Kaia PelstringStephen PolaskyAnne and Peter ReichRoberta Rott and Larry Hanke

GIFTS MADE FEBRUARY 1, 2015 – JANUARY 31, 2016

6% Fundraising

15% Administratrion

13% Transportation and the Built Environment

21% Midwest Communications

42% Energy, Efficiency and Climate

FUNCTIONAL EXPENSES

STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES

SUPPORT Grant Revenue Released from Restrictions $2,081,462 Other Unrestricted Contributions $308,146 Interest and Dividend Income $1,886 In-Kind Contributions $13,044 Unrealized Gain (Losses) on Securities ($14,744) Other Revenue $407

TOTAL SUPPORT and REVENUE $2,390,201

EXPENSES Energy, Efficiency, and Climate $977,113 Midwest Communications $562,327 Transportation and the Built Environment $297,623 Administration $353,450 Fundraising $146,259

TOTAL EXPENSES $2,336,773

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets $53,428

ASSETS Cash and Cash Equivalents $1,085,634 Investments $436,216 Awarded Grants to be Received $544,577 Accounts Receivable $471 Prepaid Expenses $17,280 Equipment $10,615

TOTAL ASSETS $2,094,793

LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS Current Liabilities $181,874 Designated for Operating Reserve $635,400 Designated for Strategic Framework Fund $105,560 Undesignated $91,416

Total Unrestricted Net Assets $832,376 Temporarily Restricted Assets $1,080,543

TOTAL LIABILITIES and NET ASSETS $2,094,793

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION

Financial statements for fiscal year 2015-2016 (February 1, 2015 - January 31, 2016). A complete audit is available upon request.


BETTER BUILDINGSBuildings consume a significant amount of the energy we produce – but Fresh Energy is working to change that. By collaborating with builders and government officials, Fresh Energy is helping create better buildings that use less energy and cost less to operate. New buildings in Minnesota must meet minimum energy efficiency requirements thanks to the state codes we helped secure. To make sure the codes work in the real world, Fresh Energy is now coordinating the Minnesota Codes Compliance Collaborative, which is considered a national model for cooperative action. To address multifamily buildings specifically, we’re helping lead the Minnesota Multifamily Affordable Housing Energy Network toward solutions that improve buildings while lowering energy costs for rental tenants.

ENERGY NEWS NETWORKOver the past five years, Fresh Energy has grown Midwest Energy News into one of the most well-respected outlets for energy journalism in the region. Thousands of readers count on our daily email, and our award-winning original reporting is shining a spotlight on the transition to clean energy. In 2015, with energy issues becoming increasingly complex, we launched Southeast Energy News and U.S. Energy News — two daily news digests that will expand independent journalism across the country.

Fresh Energy is working to make our communities cleaner and healthier, including increasing access to solar power.

As the cost of wind and solar continue to drop, Fresh Energy is working to ensure that expanded clean and affordable energy options are available for people of all incomes. Fresh Energy was a lead architect of Minnesota’s community solar law, and now serves as the go-to expert for shaping community solar programs proposed by utilities across the state. Over the past year we provided vital research and game-changing technical comments and testimony in multiple decisions at the Public Utilities Commission, working to make local clean energy affordable for renters, nonprofits, and other customers, and preventing fees that limit progress. We also completed important groundwork for modernizing Minnesota’s outdated electric grid, which will ultimately make local clean energy projects more viable and reduce costs for businesses and utilities – who can pass that savings on to their customers.

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Fresh Energy’s Ben Passer, standing, actively coordinates the Minnesota Multifamily Affordable Housing Energy Network and brings lessons learned in Minnesota to key national forums.

Sharon GrimesJohn GroganKris HagemanMary Ellen HalversonJustin HalversonCarolyn HamLinda HansenShawntera HardyCassie HarringtonMartha Harris and Bradley NagelMargaret Hasse and David GrotheCynthia HatfieldKim HaveyHarold and Jeanette HawkansonAndrew HeairetRoger HeegaardTom and Mary HellerMary HenniesBernie HesseHank and Marjorie HeystekJanelle and Paul HidgemCynthia and Russell HobbieMary Jo HolewitJulie HolmenPaul and Linda HoltVirginia HommeElizabeth HorstJohn W. HowardDavid HowdKathy HundSteve and Joan JanuszClifford and Betty JohnsonRobert and Joycelyn JohnsonLacey JonesCatherine Jordan and Steve LickHolly JorgensenBen JoselynBonnie JuranState Representative Phyllis KahnShana Kaplow and Stephen MitrioneMichael and Theresa KarelsBarbara KaufmanJohn KearneyScott KeelyHenry KellisonBrent and Leslie KellumLoni KempPhyllis and Don KerrRobyn KeyportAnne K. KimberJohn King and Ruth WingeierWendy KlagerJulie KlassenBethanie Kloecker and Greg MannRobert and Kathleen KlukasDavid Knoblauch and Sue WoodrichTom KoehlerLarry and Cynthia KoehlerDavid Koehser and Nancy DunniganDina KountoupesLynn KrafveLawrence Krantz and Diane PittmanBob and Carole KrieselNicholas and Donna KruegerSonja KuftinecDiana KuklinskiLaura KundratJennifer La ForgiaDiana LahdLee Ann LandstromTerry LanganMerwyn LarsonAdina LebowitzDuane Lengsfeld and Evelyn KaiserJoel LevieAlison LindburgHenry LippmanChristine Bremer and Raleigh LittleLynne LokkenFrank and Bonnie Loncorich

Katy LoweryDonna LundbergLeslie MacKenzie and Peter FosterTim and Dianne MadsenBarbara MahowaldThomas and Sandra MallonMaria Surma Manka and Joram MankaLuke ManloveAnn C ManningChristina M. ManningJustin MargoliesLynne and Howard MarkusDenise MarloweCarol and Kenneth MastersKarin MatchettLotti MatkovitsSally MaxwellMaureen and Jerry McCarterMike and Fran McCloskeyDonald McClureJack and Barbara McGowanLarry McpeckDanielle MeinhardtTom and Aggie MeiumLinda MelomConnie MetcalfSteven Miles and Joline GitisAnn C. Miller-BowersTom Moberg and Hanna CooperDavid and Nancy MoeAh-li MonahanEmily MooreJudith MooreMarilyn MoremLiz Morris OttoTeresa M. MorrowPaul MossGeorge MuammarLarry MuelkenDiane MundtChristy and Gordon MyersZachary Ness-DedenCecelia NewtonJim and Joyce NicholsAlan NogeeGreg NolanSusan OdePaul OhmannJesse Okie and Mary HarringtonLori OlingerKathleen OlsenTerry OlsenLee Olson and David BoycePhilip OlsonPatricia A. OlsonJohn and Mary OnkkaLeigh and Al OnkkaMichael OrthCandyce OsterkampElizabeth Ozmon and Martha LaudertMarion PadillaJoseph F. PalenWarren and Patty ParkBen PasserAndrew W. PearsonGloria PeckE. Eugene and June PetersonJoel PetersonMolly PichlerSurya PidapartiDoug and Deb PierceDerrin PintoKate Poole and Ken PearsonKevin PorterGreg and Pat PrattThomas Witt and

Mary Ruth M. PreusD’Ann PriorBa ReaTom ReedMary RehwaldtBill and Mary Ann ReillyWilliam ReimerMike RisseAngie Robinson

Gregg Robinson-RieglerSamuel RockwellJo Anne RohrichtRobert RosenbrookRobert Rossi and

S. Alex SchwartzMarvin RothfuszErik RunquistCarole E. RustPete SalmonAllen SamesStan SattingerJim Scheidt and Peggy LarsonJames Martin and Karen SchikGerald SchlabachKay Lara SchoenwetterCarolyn Rose SchurrPeter SchwarzJan ScofieldRobert and Jacquelyn SellersGregg SeversonDarren and Sonja SharpRobert ShermanDylan SieversSisters of St. Joseph of

CarondeletJulie Smendzuik-O’BrienBuffy SmithKeith StacyMarti StarrJohn Linc StineCarlotta StombergRichard StrongMonique SullivanPamela SwansonJeremy SwansonPeter SwensonThe Beez Kneez LLCMelvin and Sharon ThelenScott and Barb ThiemKaren ThimmPriscilla J. ThomasPeter ThompsonThomson ReutersPat TieskoetterMarian and Mike TuomalaGerry TyrrellPatrick Van FleetRichard and Carolyn

VandendolderBarb and Doug VeitMarilyn VialleNancy Victorin-VangerudVisitation Monastery of

MinneapolisDevon VojtechMichelle and Dwayne VosejpkaLance Vrieze and

Cassie KennedyLisa WaldnerMichelle WallaceJay Walljasper and Julie RistauFlorde WardD. Clifton Ware and Bettye WareBeth Waterhouse and

Don MarondeAndrew WattenhoferWilliam George WeberJoel Weisberg and

Janet WatchmanAmanda WelliverJohn WenzelMark WernessKristen Comstock and Troy WestSarah WhebbeBetty WheelerDarlene and Thomas WhitePeter and Anne WildenborgJason WillettAlexis and Brandon WilliamsMr and Mrs. Robert E. WilliamsShawn WillyRichard and Lois WintersteenMike and Lisa WojcikWendy WyattPeter and Peggy YackelCarleen YocumJackie and Steven Zimmerman

Adam ZoetPaul Zorn and Janet Petri

IN HONORDoug Lucas, in honor of a cleaner better wayJohn Kearney, in honor of Mary DavidovShelli Chase and John Feldman, in honor of Anita DuckorLaurie Derechin, in honor of Anita DuckorKristen Comstock and Troy West, in honor of Anita DuckorBarbara Mahowald, in honor of DFL Environmental CaucusJeremy Kalin, in honor of

J. Drake HamiltonLinda Holt, in honor of

Paul M. HoltDiana Lahd, in honor of

Holly Lahd LarsonLinda Melom, in honor of

all my children & grandchildrenCaryl Nelson, in honor of

Carl NelsonChristina Melloh, in honor of

Michael T’KachJoanne Kendall, in honor of

my grandchildren and to theirchildren yet unborn

Jim Ladner andTracy Van Steenburgh,in honor of guests at thewedding of Jim Ladner andTracy Van Steenburgh

IN MEMORYIn memory of former Fresh Energy board chair, Steven Hoffman, Ph. D.:James AllensonAnonymousBernard BradyCatherine CoryJayna DittyBridget DuoosGabriel FlaaMatthew GeorgeMatthews GrantTerry LanganPaul OhmannDerrin PintoSteve Reimer and Jen KentWilliam ReimerGregg Robinson-RieglerGerald SchlabachBuffy SmithMark Stansbury-O’DonnellPatrick Van FleetLisa WaldnerMark WernessWendy WyattLaDonna Boyd, in memory of Don BoydDorothy H. Callahan, in memory of John CallahanRaj V. Rajan, in memory of Bob GildersleeveDoris M. Jorgenson, in memory of James G. JorgensonGary Konkol, in memory of Christine V. LassaDavid Knoblauch, in memory of Connie MyhreLela Porter, in memory of Harriet PorterJohn Dunlop, in memory of Paul Wellstone

Please contact us with corrections. We apologize for

any errors or omissions.


BOARD

Anita S. Duckor, Chair President Duckor & Associates

Gary Schokmiller, Vice Chair President Trio Executive Search

Rich Lehman, Treasurer CPA and Partner Boulay Group

Donna W. Allan Director, Office of Transit, retired MN Department of Transportation

Jeffrey S. Broberg, LPG, REM Senior Environmental Project Manager and Professional Geologist WSB & Associates

Joe DeVito Co-Founder and CEO SolarStone

Cody Fleischfresser Director Ameriprise Financial

Nicholas Garbis HR Executive GE Power, General Electric Company

Bridget Levin Founding Principal Nametag International

Chuck Nadler CEO Ascendant Resources LLC

Chris O’Brien Alternative Energy Fellow Flextronics

Beth Pearlman Co-Executive Producer Tremendous! Entertainment

Raj V. Rajan, Ph.D. RD&E Vice President and Global Sustainability Technical Leader Ecolab

STAFF

Michael Noble Executive Director

Sarah Clark Director, Program Advancement

Rob Davis Director, Media & Innovation Lab

Allen Gleckner Director, Energy Markets

J. Drake Hamilton Science Policy Director

Meggie LaValley Director, Individual Giving

Will Nissen Director, Energy Performance

Leigh Onkka Development and Communications Associate

Ellen Palmer Director, Operations and Finance

Ben Passer Policy Associate

Ken Paulman Managing Editor, Digital Media Projects

Matt Privratsky Senior Communications and Government Affairs Specialist

Ben Rabe Senior Policy Associate, Buildings

Dylan Sievers Policy Coordinator

Sarah Weiss Administrative Assistant

Alexis Williams Senior Engagement Specialist

FELLOWS AND INTERNS

David Collier

Ana Diaz

David Evans

Sam Gill

Laura Hannah

Henry Kellison

Kate Strickland

Danielle Winner

Saskia Zinn

VOLUNTEERS

Ipek Atalay

Greg Ballard

Scott Burtness

Grace Clark

Steve Corneli

Katie Fernholz

Robert Graham

Sharon Grimes

Leya Klingsporn

Katy Lowery

Nancy Pfund

Ken Smith

James Tong

Jon Wellinghoff

Hannah Williams

FOUNDATION + PROGRAM SUPPORT FEB. 1, 2015 – JAN. 31, 2016

Argosy Foundation

Audubon Minnesota

Bigelow Foundation

Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund

Blue Cross Blue Shield

BlueGreen Alliance Foundation

The Crown Family

Energy Foundation

Joyce Foundation

George Gund Foundation

Great Plains Institute

MacArthur Foundation

C. S. Mott Foundation

The McKnight Foundation

Natural Resources Defense Council

RE-AMP

Saint Paul Foundation

Western Resource Advocates

Wind on the Wires

CURRENT BOARD, STAFF, AND VOLUNTEERS

Transportation is a big source of carbon pollution and Fresh Energy is working hard to transition toward more cars and buses running on renewable electricity. Fresh Energy experts are developing “win-win” rate design and policy solutions that increase electric transportation while improving the electric grid and public health. With electric cars becoming more affordable and drivable, Fresh Energy also maintains a strong drumbeat of public education. We led a series of events that brought the nation’s electric car leaders to Minnesota last year, and provided high profile communications at the Twin Cities Auto Show to send a message that electric transportation is for everyone.

ELECTRIC VEHICLES

CARBON REDUCTION

People may look to states like California

and New York for energy progress, but

over the past year Minnesota has truly

led the way. In fall 2015, thanks to

careful analysis by Fresh Energy and our

partners, Xcel Energy announced that

it planned to shut down units 1 and 2

at the Sherco coal plant because clean

energy options were more economical.

Fresh Energy’s J. Drake Hamilton, in

red, was called to the White House to

stand with President Obama, the CEO

of Xcel Energy, and other leaders to

announce the Clean Power Plan. Fresh

Energy also represented Minnesota at

the Paris Climate Summit, showcasing

how market-based energy policies can

achieve deep carbon reductions while

growing U.S. clean energy jobs.

For many industries, selling more products means more profit. In the world of energy, Fresh Energy doesn’t think that should be the case. Instead, we’re working in utility rate cases to decouple the amount of energy a utility sells from the amount of profit they bring in, giving utilities a true business case for cutting waste from their system. Over the past year, Fresh Energy helped Minnesota reject increases to the fixed fee that customers pay every month, ensuring that customers are able to reduce their energy bill by conserving energy in their own home.

ENERGY EFFICIENCY

New homes and commercial structures will now be more energy efficient thanks in part to Fresh Energy’s work for better buildings.

FRESH ENERGY PROGRAMS / LEARN MORE AT: FRESH-ENERGY.ORG

David Collier (middle) served as a Capitol Pathways intern for Fresh Energy during the 2016 Legislative Session.

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Please mark your calendars for Fresh Energy’s first annual benefit

breakfast, a great opportunity to learn about positive energy

solutions and the progress we can make together.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 20167:30 - 9:00 AM

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Ramez Naam, a computer scientist, futurist, and award-winning author, will

inspire us all. Ramez spent 13 years at Microsoft, developing early versions

of Microsoft Outlook and Internet Explorer. Now an acclaimed thought

leader and author of five books, most recently The Infinite Resource: The

Power of Ideas on a Finite Planet, Ramez has mapped out a course to meet

the challenges of climate change, energy, and water through scientific and

technological innovation.

FEATURE EVENT |

What is your vision for a clean energy future? At Fresh Energy we are working toward a future where:

• Peopleof all ages and income levels have access to clean, affordable renewable energy and buildings that are healthy and efficient.

• Jobs in energy expand as we improve our buildings and rely more on homegrown resources instead of volatile imported oil, coal, and gas.

• Communities are healthier, with electric cars, buses, and active transportation taking us where we need to go and improving air quality and livability.

Fresh Energy advances this vision policy by policy, securing critical changes to outdated laws and developing solutions that are informed by data and sound economics.

Over the past year, Fresh Energy’s team of experts shaped decisions that will retire coal plants, increase investments in renewable electricity, and prevent fees that discourage energy efficiency. Our innovative Power Pairing events brought leading experts, businesses, and the public together to discuss top issues. Working at the Public Utilities Commission, with industry leaders, and Minnesotans across the state, we launched our Solar for All initiative to ensure that everyone benefits from the transition to clean energy.

This annual report highlights Fresh Energy’s progress over the past year. And there is more to come. At this time of unprecedented urgency and innovation in the energy and transportation sector, we look forward to continuing to work as your clean energy champion, advancing realistic, visionary energy policies that benefit all.

FRESH ENERGY: YOUR CLEAN ENERGY CHAMPIONBY MICHAEL NOBLE

BY THE NUMBERS

Our Mission

Shape and drive realistic, visionary

energy policies that benefit all.

Our Vision

An economy we thrive in and energy

that ensures our well-being.

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