Melissa Hortman Remembered as Climate, Clean Energy Champion

Melissa Hortman remembered as climate, clean energy champion

Former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman is being remembered by advocates and lawmakers as one of the most important climate and clean energy leaders in the state’s history. From the state’s trailblazing community solar program to the flurry of energy and environmental laws adopted during Democrats’ 2023 trifecta, Hortman had a hand in passing some of the country’s most ambitious, consequential state-level clean energy policy during her tw…

Melissa Hortman was a climate and clean energy champion for Minnesota

Former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman is being remembered by advocates and lawmakers as one of the most important climate and clean energy leaders in the state’s history. From the state’s trailblazing community solar program to the flurry of energy and environmental laws adopted during Democrats’ 2023…

Minnesota solar industry mourns loss of its five-star general

The late Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman, a primary backer of the state’s community-solar law and zero-carbon requirement, took clean energy to pioneering new heights.If you ask solar-industry observers of the late Minnesota State Rep. Melissa Hortman, it’s a safe bet you will hear the word “champion.” The word, of course, bears dual meanings: a winner and a leader of a cause. For the Minnesota solar industry, Hortman was both. Observers told…