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As this summer heat makes homeowners wary of high energy bills, CEE met with WCCO to talk about Xcel Energy & CenterPoint Energy's Home Energy Squad and the benefits of a home energy audit. 

CEE announces that it has been named as the Top Performing Rater of 2021 by the High Efficiency New Homes Program and a 2022 Market Leader by ENERGY STAR.

Center for Energy and Environment has been named one of Minnesota's Top Workplaces by Star Tribune, based on confidential staff survey input.

CEE employees surveyed by Energage ranked Center for Energy and Environment as a Top Mid-size Workplace for 2022.

CenterPoint Energy is teaming up with CEE and other seven other organizations to expand their workforce development initiative, aiming to increase the number of skilled trades professionals with energy efficiency expertise and the diversity of this workforce with a focus on historically underrepresented groups.

Jamie Fitzke, CEE's director of legislative affairs, spoke to the importance of securing funds to strengthen Minnesota's energy system and promote statewide energy savings at a press conference urging a special legislative session. 

In this Smart Cites Dive article highlighting cities working toward climate goals, St. Louis Park highlights CEE's home energy audits available for residents to make energy efficiency improvements. 

CEE joins other cities, counties, utilities, energy organizations, and other partners in a press conference to share the importance of securing federal infrastructure dollars through special legislation to acquire federal matching funds. CEE's Jamie Fitzke highlights the importance of this funding across Minnesota residents and businesses alike, and emphasizes the need for a special session.  

CEE's Jamie Fitzke joins this Public News Service discussion on new federal infrastructure law that put the state in a good position to reduce its carbon footprint. Fitzke warns that we could miss out on this potential growth without supplemental spending bills. 

CEE researcher Josh Quinell joins the KMSU Every Day Is Earth Day podcast to discuss air source heat pumps as a clean energy source to heat homes and water.