The right of way along city streets and alleys is public property. Companies must run distribution lines on the public right of way to connect homes and properties to services.
These services include:
Communities negotiate with utility companies to identify when and how they are allowed to use public property to provide services. These negotiations result in agreements with the utilities.
The franchise agreements help Minneapolis work with the utilities in many ways. This includes our efforts to achieve our climate and energy goals.
We now have Clean Energy Partnership agreements and memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with both utilities:
Phone
Address
City Hall
350 Fifth St. S., Room 315M
Minneapolis, MN 55415
Office hours
8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Monday – Friday
