Post Author's Photographer By Kristin Eggen March 4, 2025

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Today Decorah residents can vote to “Establish a municipal electric utility (MEU).” Doing so would allow the city of Decorah to take next steps in determining the feasibility of a Decorah MEU to provide improved rates and reliability.Since 2017Winneshiek Energy District has championed this grassroots effort to explore local ownership because we believe that locally-owned power will bring increased prosperity to our region, provide rate relief to all energy users, and pave the way for a clean energy future.Join us in voting YES! polling locations are listed above.

Learn more about the issue on the City of Decorah’s MEU webpage, and decorahlocalpower.org.

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Kristin Eggen

Kristin Eggen first came to the Winneshiek Energy District as a Green Iowa AmeriCorps member in 2015. Eight years later, she is thrilled to lead the grassroots clean energy movement in Winneshiek County. Kristin deeply appreciates rural communities, Northeast Iowa, community sustainability, and nonprofit management. She uses The Art of Hosting Conversations that Matter methodology and graphic recording services to drive strategic conversations around community sustainability, justice, fundraising, and nonprofit health.

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