SLAYTON, MN—Each year the Southwest Regional Development Commission (SRDC) awards at least one Program or Project of the Year. The SRDC Awards Committee met to discuss potential projects and recommended the Clean Energy Resource Teams (CERTs) for its continuous effort toward helping Minnesotans build and apply clean energy practices across the state.
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. CERTs got its start in 2004, when the SRDC began working with the University of Minnesota Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships (RSDP), the Minnesota Department of Commerce, and the Minnesota Project to implement a Clean Energy Resource Team in Southwest Minnesota. In 2007, CERT was written into state statute and expanded to cover the entire state.
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