# Coalition of Utility Cities *Group of seven Minnesota cities built around power plants.* The Coalition of Utility Cities is a group of seven [[Minnesota]] towns built around power plants: [[Becker]], [[Cohasset]], Granite Falls, Hoyt Lakes, [[Monticello]], Oak Park Heights and Red Wing. It appears in the at-issue record as item AI-Sherburne-084 of the Sherburne package, an entry dated 2019. The entry compares how heavily the member cities depend on these plants and finds Becker's dependence the highest of the seven.[^1] The entry presents Cohasset as the precedent for Becker. Two units closed in Cohasset in 2019, and its share of the city tax base fell from 69% to 55%. The record does not establish when the coalition was formed, how it is governed, or what it has filed.[^1] ## Who The at-issue entry names seven member cities: Becker, Cohasset, Granite Falls, Hoyt Lakes, Monticello, Oak Park Heights and Red Wing. Of these, it ranks Becker's dependence as the highest.[^1] ## What According to the entry, the member cities are towns "built around power plants."[^1] ## When In 2019 two units closed in Cohasset. The entry says Cohasset "went first." It records that the city's share fell from 69% to 55% of its city tax base after the closures.[^1] ## In the at-issue record - **Sherburne package, item AI-Sherburne-084 (2019).** The entry lists the seven coalition cities and states that Becker's dependence is the highest of the seven. It records that Cohasset fell from 69% to 55% of its city tax base when two units closed in 2019. It describes the Cohasset case as "the precedent Becker was given."[^1] ## Notes [^1]: The White House, *Protecting America's Bank Account Against Fraud, Waste, and Abuse* (March 2025). This is the anchor URL attached to at-issue item AI-Sherburne-084 (Sherburne Energy Brief, 2019; the item lists its source domain as lrl.mn.gov). The item's facts, namely the seven member cities, Becker's highest dependence, and Cohasset's 69% to 55% tax-base decline after two unit closures in 2019, are stated from the at-issue item. The anchor document does not itself state them. https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/protecting-americas-bank-account-against-fraud-waste-and-abuse/