Xcel Can Pay Lower Rate to Community Solar Subscribers, Minnesota Appeals Court Rules

Xcel can pay lower rate to community solar subscribers, Minnesota appeals court rules

Xcel Energy can retroactively reduce payments to most of the roughly 30,000 Minnesotans who subscribe to community solar gardens, the Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled on Monday in a significant victory for the utility company. The decision ratifies an earlier…

Minnesota community solar subscribers will move to lower credit rate after court ruling

On August 4, the Minnesota Court of Appeals affirmed the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) 2024 ruling to retroactively alter bill credit rates on community solar gardens (CSGs). The Minnesota Solar Energy Industries Association (MnSEIA) said the move undermines the compensation paid to subscribers and is a violation of statutory limits, contract law, and developers’… The post Minnesota community solar subscribers will move to lower cr…