Minnesota community solar receives boost from U.S. Solar funding
The state’s robust community solar program received a boost yesterday when U.S. Solar received an influx of funding that will allow it to focus on Minnesota initially.
NRG adds 32 MW of community solar to Minnesota portfolio
The integrated power company joins the Minnesota solar revolution by completing seven community solar power plants, serving more than 1,000 Minnesota residents, as well as more than a dozen large Minnesota businesses and municipalities
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Report: Muni governments should work together on community solar
Though a multi-community approach can bring additional challenges, it can also bring cost savings by creating bigger projects and leveraging the expertise of more experts, says Minnesota solar advocacy group Clean Energy Resource Teams (CERTs).
Sunrun powers Wisconsin “Forward”
The Badger State becomes the first in the Midwest to attract the attention of a national residential company to power the homes of the state.
BREAKING: Minnesota governor vetoes bill to exempt co-ops from regulation
Faced with the prospect of giving unregulated utilities the right to charge solar customers any fees they wanted, Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton took a stand and vetoed a bill that would have done just that.
Bills before Minnesota governor could affect solar fees
Bills to remove Minnesota’s electrical co-ops from Public Utilities Commission go before Gov. Mark Dayton today, giving them the power to set their own fee structures without oversight – and target solar customers as a separate rate class.
Study proves (again) that net metering can undervalue solar
At the behest of the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission, Minnesota Power submitted a Value of Solar Tariff plan – and proved (yet again) that as even the best net-metering plan can undervalue what solar means to the grid and ratepayers.
Minnesota lawmakers propose 50% renewables by 2030
The aggressive, bipartisan legislation to pursue renewable energy in the state follows an Xcel Energy announcement that it put 32 MW of community solar projects online. These plans for renewables come at the same time a bill makes its way through the legislature that would snuff out Minnesota’s solar incentive.
SEIA seeks Midwest expansion
The national solar association is setting up a committee to focus on solar expansion in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin in a move designed to refocus the association on state-level policy battles, which are where most observers believe the future of solar will now be decided.
