Southeast

Southeast CERT Region

Our Mission

 
Southeast CERT is guided by the vision of community leaders, businesses, and communities producing a rapidly increasing share of the region’s energy through locally-owned renewable energy projects. This vision can only be realized through the wise and efficient use of all energy resources.

“It would be difficult to overstate the importance of CERTS to the work I do with renewable energy & conservation in my communities. CERTS is our conduit for information on funding opportunities, as well as projects happening elsewhere from which we take inspiration and upon which we build. Simply put, CERTS is the network, and I wouldn’t want to work without it.”
Ann Morse, Sustain Winona

Southeast CERT serves these counties:

Case Studies

 
Past projects in the Southeast Region

Meeting Notes

Get Involved

 
Meet our staff, attend a meeting, keep up to date, or take action!

Visit SE CERT’s Web site to learn more, or click here to see their blog, kept up by Susan Waughtal.

Project Focus

 
► See list of current funded projects >>

SE CERT is focusing on energy efficiency and conservation; constructing a toolkit for outreach and education; and evaluating opportunities to connect distributed generation into existing grid.

Presentations

 
Regional Presentations

Publications

 
Strategic Energy Plan: Each regional team spent considerable time mapping regional energy use and identifying clean energy opportunities in its Regional Strategic Energy Plan. Read all the details on the Regional Plans page.

Other Publications:
Southeast CERTs Brochure

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Local Contact

Susan

Susan Waughtal
Southeast CERT Coordinator
7499 60th Avenue Northwest
Oronoco, MN 55960
susan@cleanenergyresourceteams.org
507-252-9639

CERT Coordinators

Lissa

Melissa Pawlisch
CERTs Statewide Coordinator
UMN RSDP
pawl0048@umn.edu
612-624-2293

Joel

Joel Haskard
CERTs Co-coordinator
UMN RSDP
haska004@umn.edu
612-625-8759

Steering Committee

  • Sig Anderson, CURE Board of Directors
  • Norm Craig, Fillmore County Zoning Administrator
  • Norman Erickson, Hazelnut Farmer
  • Dan Hayes, Southern MN Municipal Power Agency
  • Rich Huelskamp, Sun’s Warmth
  • Connie Ireland, Department of Employment & Economic Development
  • Erin Meier, SE Experiment in Rural Cooperation
  • Anne Morse, Winona County Environmental Services
  • Ray Schmitz, Olmsted CERT
  • Roger Wacek, Independent Contractor
  • Roger Warehime, Owatonna Public Utilities
  • Susan Waughtal, Staff SE CERT

Advisory Committee

  • Pam Bishop, Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation
  • Nick Nichols, Gundersen Lutheran Health Systems
  • Katy Wortel, Blue Earth County Commissioner

Southeast CERT Operating Procedures


Regional Community Organizations

This map shows Minnesota grassroots community organizations with a focus on energy efficiency and/or renewable energy. Connect with them today to get involved in your region of the state!

Scroll through the list of organizations on the right until you come to your region, then click on groups to learn more about them. Visit their website, email them, or call them to get in touch. Use the map controls on the top left to move around and zoom.

Tell us about other groups that are not on the map >>