{"id":6844,"date":"2022-07-25T10:53:07","date_gmt":"2022-07-25T14:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/midwesterngovernors.org\/?p=6844"},"modified":"2022-07-25T11:01:38","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T15:01:38","slug":"midwestern-governors-association-releases-recommendations-and-announces-scholarship-to-support-chairs-agenda-preparing-midwestern-communities-for-energy-transitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/midwesterngovernors.org\/midwestern-governors-association-releases-recommendations-and-announces-scholarship-to-support-chairs-agenda-preparing-midwestern-communities-for-energy-transitions\/","title":{"rendered":"MGA Releases Recommendations and Announces Scholarship to Support Chair\u2019s Agenda\u00a0&#8211; Preparing Midwestern Communities for Energy Transitions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Washington D.C. <\/b>&#8211; The Midwestern Governors Association (MGA) and outgoing MGA-Chair Minnesota Governor Tim Walz are pleased to release recommendations that provide strategies and advice from industry experts and stakeholders to help prepare Midwestern Communities that are facing an energy transition, such as a power plant closure. Additionally, Western Governors University has announced <a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wgu.edu\/financial-aid-tuition\/scholarships\/general\/empowering-midwestern-communities.html\">a regional $500,000 scholarship<\/a> to support job training and skills development for impacted Midwesterners.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTowns and cities that have long hosted energy producers are learning from one another and looking at new ways to support communities and workers to ensure a smooth transition,\u201d said Governor Walz.<\/p>\n<p>The MGA led a year-long effort to craft recommendations to prepare Midwestern communities for energy transition in communities where the industry is moving toward clean energy. <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/midwesterngovernors.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/ChairsAgenda\/2020-Walz\/PowerPlantClosures\/GrowingTheCommunitiesThatHavePoweredTheMidwest.pdf\"><em>Midwestern Governors Association Initiative: Growing the Communities that have Powered the Midwest<\/em><\/a> is both a summary of these activities and a set of recommendations at the federal, state, and local level that were developed based on participant conversations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis report, along with the generous Western Governors University Scholarship, will help communities better manage these challenges,\u201d added Walz. I look forward to joining my fellow Midwestern governors in reviewing the recommendations in the report.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNew economic and environmental realities have brought about many changes in energy generation, which have closed power plants, displaced workers, and severely impacted numerous communities throughout the Midwest,\u201d said Alison Bell, WGU Regional Vice President. WGU was created by governors to support adult and underserved learners across the country, and this new scholarship fund\u2014in collaboration with Governor Walz&#8217;s MGA Agenda\u2014will provide a flexible and cost-effective way for displaced workers to get the skills and training they need for the next phase of their careers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis chair\u2019s agenda topic has been excellent and has brought together a phenomenal cross-section of Midwesterners from economic development groups, local leaders, educational institutions, power companies, NGOs and others to discuss and share information and advice,\u201d said Jesse Heier, executive director. \u201cWe know that communities across the Midwest are working hard to create new jobs and opportunities for those affected by the national energy production transition. Luckily the Midwest is blessed with smart, hard-working, and innovative thinkers and workers who are facing this challenge head-on and with their typical \u201ccan-do\u201d approach to problems.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">For more information about this initiative, please visit <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.midwesterngovernors.org\/Power-Plant-Closures\">www.midwesterngovernors.org\/Power-Plant-Closures<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>###&nbsp;<i>The<\/i>&nbsp;<a style=\"color: #000000; font-style: italic;\" href=\"http:\/\/midwesterngovernors.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Midwestern Governors Association<\/a>&nbsp;<i>(MGA) is a non-profit, bipartisan organization that brings together governors, their staff, and state agencies to address significant public policy issues and provide a vehicle to advocate for them. It focuses its efforts in four primary policy areas: economic development, agriculture, energy, and Midwest branding. 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