About
Helping Minnesota communities determine their clean energy future
The Clean Energy Resource Teams—or CERTs—are a statewide partnership with a shared mission to connect individuals and their communities to the resources they need to identify and implement community-based clean energy projects.
We empower communities and their members to adopt energy conservation, energy efficiency, and renewable energy technologies and practices for their homes, businesses, and local institutions.
Learn more about CERTs, meet our staff, or check out our structure. You can also see press releases and news sightings, read and submit Clean Energy Scrapbook entries, or find someone to contact.
Press Releases
04/18/2013
From Earth Day 2012 to Earth Day 2013, two Minnesota families and hundreds of their teammates have been competing in the Family Energy FACE-OFF to see who can save more energy. The two teams are the M...
04/16/2013
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
02/19/2013
Media Contact:
Dan Thiede, CERTs Communications Coordinator
CERTs in the News
05/21/2013
The city of Mankato has taken another step in Minnesota’s sustainable cities program, earning the Step Two GreenStep City designation for its efforts to reduce energy use and implement other measures...
05/19/2013
The city of Mankato recently completed its second step in becoming a GreenStep City. The completion was recognized by the GreenStep Cities program, which is part of the Minnesota Pollution Control...
05/16/2013
The city of Mankato has recently been recognized by the GreenStep Cities program as a Step Two GreenStep City.
To achieve this, the city implemented best practices that help achieve sustainability...
Our Impact
CERTs makes a measurable impact through seed grants, campaigns, and programs.
ENERGY SAVED: 93 billion BTUs
SEED GRANTS: Awarded $790,000
PEOPLE: 87,700 impacted since 2009
CERTs Contacts
For the Media
Meet CERTs Staff!
Michelle Gransee-Bowman is the Deployment Supervisor at the Minnesota Department of Commerce, Division of Energy Resources. Michelle supervises...
Clean Energy Resource Teams