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Everything we do is for the benefit our members. We’re proud to provide a wide variety of products and services for your business, helping you save time, money, and energy.
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We’re dedicated to helping our members make smart energy usage decisions. We offer many informational and educational resources, programs and incentives, and energy-efficiency rebates for both business and residential members.
Clean Energy & EVs
As part of our strategic initiatives, we are committed to environmental leadership. Pursuing renewable energy alternatives and giving members the choice to support those initiatives is the right thing to do. With a wide variety of commercial and residential programs, we will partner with you in your efforts to go green, whether at home or at work.
Based in Ramsey, Minnesota, Connexus Energy is Minnesota’s largest electric cooperative, providing electricity and related products to member residents and businesses. The Connexus Energy Board of Directors, elected by our membership, governs the electric cooperative. We serve more than 145,000 members in portions of Anoka, Chisago, Hennepin, Isanti, Mille Lacs, Ramsey, Sherburne, and Washington counties.
SolarWise, our community-based renewable energy club, creates an easy and more affordable way for our members to support an environmentally-friendly energy alternative.
Go green without making a long-term financial commitment. Pay an additional fee on your regular bill to offset all (or half) of your home's electric usage with local solar energy produced by the Connexus solar arrays.
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*Annual membership - new enrollments will be pro-rated based on the enrollment month. Annual membership will automatically renew in January.
When you subscribe to the SolarWise program, you are matching the amount of energy you use with a renewable source (solar) by purchasing renewable energy credits (RECs). Subsequently, the SolarWise program retires RECs on your behalf with a company called M-RETS, ensuring the energy you subscribe to is indeed matched with a green energy source.
Yes, please sign me up for SolarWise.
Note: This program is open to Connexus homeowners/members only.
Our members have shown a strong interest in alternative energy sources. Solar gardens not only make solar energy more affordable for everyone, it is well-suited for those who don’t want to take on the responsibilities of ownership.
Connexus has engaged a private investor to finance the project and take advantage of federal tax benefits. The cost of the solar garden does not impact our current rates or members who don't participate in the SolarWise project.
The cost of the project, as well as maintenance and insurance until the year 2034, is covered in the price of the program.
No. This project is not subsidized by the entire membership. The costs associated with the solar garden are paid for by those who enroll. In fact, our solar garden eliminates the cost-shifting for non-solar members, which is typically not the case for residential rooftop solar applications.
You choose which option you'd like for offsetting all or half of your homes electric usage with the solar energy produced by the solar garden.
Monthly fees are added directly to your electric bill. Whole and half house fees are based on an average residential home’s usage of 850 kWh. Homes with a higher monthly usage can combine or increase their participation at the whole or half house increments.
No. One of the unique benefits of a solar garden is that the panels are located at Connexus and not directly on your property. So, no matter where you live in our service area, your solar purchase can move with you.
Moving is made simple depending on your situation.
If you are leaving our service area, your participation will simply cancel when your electric service is canceled. Annual membership fees will be credited back based on remaining calendar months and applied to your final bill.
If you are simply moving to another home within our service territory, your participation will transfer with you.
You can cancel your participation at any time, without penalty. There are no long-term contracts.
A web portal is available to all subscribers to illustrate the system output.
Energy savings are not credited directly to your monthly bill. Rather, participating in the SolarWise option ensures your homes energy usage is offset from a green energy source, without having to make a long-term investment.
All residential members of Connexus are able to participate in the program.
No, the federal tax credit is already incorporated into the pricing structure.
All maintenance, repair, and insurance costs are included in the purchase price. If something breaks, Connexus will fix it.
Yes. This plan is administered separately. If you’ve already purchased a panel, your contract will remain in place, along with your monthly credit.
When you subscribe to the SolarWise program, you are matching the amount of energy you use with a renewable source (solar) by purchasing renewable energy credits (RECs). Subsequently, the SolarWise program retires RECs on your behalf with a company called M-RETS, ensuring the energy you subscribe to is indeed matched with a green energy source.
These four words focus on the most important component of our cooperative: our members. In a cooperative, everything we do is for the benefit of our membership. This vision provides daily inspiration to build powerful partnerships with our members.
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