Timothy DenHerder-Thomas
Cooperative Energy Futures
General Manager
Minneapolis
Timothy is the co-founder and General Manager of Cooperative Energy Futures (CEF), an energy efficiency and community-owned clean energy cooperative serving members across Minnesota since 2009. CEF seeks to put community back into community solar through projects that ensure community ownership, enable participation by low-income communities and communities of color, and create pathways into the solar workforce for local community members. Timothy has also helped build local control over energy decision-making in Minneapolis through the Minneapolis Clean Energy Partnership as a member of the partnership's Energy Vision Advisory Committee and supports energy democracy nationally through the People's Solar Energy Fund.