Senate advances bill to extend state solar tax credit to municipal and co-op utility customers

Senate File 441, carrying a four‑year, sliding state tax credit for small solar installations in municipal and electric cooperative territory, was heard Monday by the Minnesota Senate Tax Committee. Senator Erin Coleman, the bill’s author, offered the measure with an author’s A1 amendment that the committee adopted.

The bill is intended to give customers of municipal utilities and cooperative electric associations the same state‑level tax incentive available to customers of investor‑owned utilities, committee testimony said. “Installing solar allows Minnesotans to invest in their own property, home, or business and take control of their own…