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For the last 25 years, CenterPoint Energy has been providing natural gas energy efficiency programs that help Minnesota customers reduce their energy use. Explore the Fact Finding Guide to learn more about how together - we are all doing more to use less. 

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Paul Bunyan

Taxonomic rank: Fantastical Lumberjack 
Territory: Bemidji, MN

Fact - Over the last 25 years, through our energy efficiency programs, Minnesota CenterPoint Energy customers reduced the same CO2 emissions from 3.9 million tons of waste sent to landfills. The same weight as Paul Bunyan and 860,000 of his identical twins!

That’s a lot of plaid doncha know!

Honey Crisp Apple

Hybrid percentage: Keepsake x MN1627
Origin: University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Fact - Over the last 25 years, through our energy efficiency programs, Minnesota CenterPoint Energy customers reduced the same CO2 emissions as 12.3 billion pounds of coal burned. That’s the same weight as the weight of 532 years’ worth of apples grown in MN.

That’s a lot of pie!




Red Pine Tree

Taxonomic class: Pinopsida
Maximum age: 500 years

Fact - Over the last 25 years, through our energy efficiency programs, Minnesota CenterPoint Energy customers reduced the same amount of CO2 emissions as used by the number of trees in 13.2 million acres of Minnesota’s forests in one year.

More than Paul Bunyan could shake a stick at!

Minnesota Shoreline

Longest shoreline: Lake Vermilion
Largest in-state lake: Red Lake

Fact - Over the last 25 years, through our energy efficiency programs, Minnesota CenterPoint Energy customers reduced enough CO2 emissions to drive all 90,000 miles of shoreline in Minnesota 300,000 times.

Make sure you pack the hot dish!



​Coal

Most common type: Bituminous
Chemical composition: Primarily carbon

Fact - Over the last 25 years, through our energy efficiency programs, Minnesota CenterPoint Energy customers reduced the same amount of CO2 emissions as 2.9 coal-fired power plants emit in one year.

Holy Buckets!

​Ol’ Clunker

Number of wheels: 4
Registered Minnesota vehicles: 7.4 million (in 2015)

Fact - Over the last 25 years, through our energy efficiency programs, Minnesota CenterPoint Energy customers reduced enough CO2 emissions to equal the emissions of all 2,000,000 cars in Minnesota for one year.

Oh for sure!



I494/694 Loop

Length: 73 miles
Maximum speed limit: 60mph

Fact - Over the last 25 years, CenterPoint Energy customers in Minnesota reduced the same CO2 emissions it would take to drive the Twin Cities I-494/694 loop 390 million times through our energy efficiency programs.

Oh for Pete’s sake, that’s amazing!

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