Project Team
The PV-SuCCESS project is led by the Great Plains Institute in partnership with the University of Minnesota, the Midwest Tribal Energy Resources Association, the Minnesota Clean Energy Resources Team, Argonne National Laboratory, and the Minnesota Department of Commerce.
Members of the project team include:
- Great Plains Institute
- University of Minnesota
- Department of Soil, Water and Climate
- Institute on the Environment
- Clean Energy Resource Team
- Midwest Tribal Energy Resources Association (MTERA)
- Minnesota Department of Commerce
- Argonne National Laboratory
- Center for Watershed Protection
- Xcel Energy
Technical Committee
A Technical Committee provides technical and applied guidance for the project on the field-testing approach, model development, and resulting best practices, and education and outreach efforts.
Members of the PV-SuCCESS Technical Committee represent state government, host communities, energy transition communities, Tribal nations, natural resource and agricultural organizations, ecosystem service/land use experts from universities, non-governmental organizations and state agencies, solar/energy companies, solar developers, and corporate off-takers.
- John Anderson, Energy and Wildlife Action Coalition
- Dr. Baishali Bakshi
- Hadley Braaten, U.S. Solar
- Nathan Cummins, The Nature Conservancy
- Dr. Tom Daniels, University of Pennsylvania
- Rob Davis, M-RETS
- Jessie Eidbo, Carbon Solutions
- Sabri Fair, Region 9 Development Commission
- Bradley Hayes, Illinois Dept of Natural Resources
- Paula Kalinosky, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
- James McCall, NREL
- Jay Michels, Emmons & Olivier Resources
- Amy Minser, Wisconsin Dept of Natural Resources
- Lu Nelsen, Center for Rural Affairs
- Isabella Newingham, Illinois Dept of Natural Resources
- Charlie Nichols, Linn County, IA
- Isaac Pallant, Invenergy
- Jesse Puckett, Enel Green Power
- Peter Schmidt, U.S. Solar
- Todd Smith, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
- Eugene Strowbridge, Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe
- Joel Tatum, American Farmland Trust
- Jason Ulrich, St. Croix Watershed Research Station
The Technical Committee meets quarterly to hear updates on the project and give feedback to the project team.
Use Case Committees
Three additional committees have been convened to provide guidance from the unique perspectives of each of the identified use cases:
- Tribal Nations, convened by MTERA, representing 31 tribes from across Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan.
- Host Community, convened by GPI, includes community representatives from Minnesota, Iowa, and Illinois. We are continuing to recruit members to this committee.
- State Agency, convened by the Minnesota Department of Commerce, includes representatives of state agencies in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Illinois.
- Illinois Department of Natural Resources
- Minnesota Department of Commerce – EERA
- Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
- Minnesota Department of Transportation
- Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
- Minnesota Public Utilities Commission
- New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA)
- Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
- Wisconsin Public Service Commission
Each of the committees meets quarterly to hear updates on the project and provide guidance to the project team.