Pouya Najmaie

Cooperative Energy Futures (CEF) is a member-owned, renewable energy cooperative serving low to moderate income communities most impacted by energy insecurity. In response to the overlapping environmental and economic crises, CEF envisions a future where there are teams of people in every community collaboratively governing the energy systems they need to thrive.

Today, CEF is working toward this vision by building member-owned clean energy projects that generate community wealth while addressing historic injustice. Their Community Solar Gardens expand access to clean, affordable energy by allowing anyone with a utility bill to benefit, and creating local jobs in the process.

Cooperative Energy Futures has financed and developed 6.9MW (~$16M) of low-income-accessible community solar arrays that are cooperatively-owned-and-operated across urban, suburban, and rural Minnesota.These projects will reduce the utility bills of over 700 Minnesota households for the next 25 years, ultimately, advancing their vision of Energy Democracy: creating a just and sustainable future for all.