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Committee hears that Minnesota’s community solar growth is large and faces interconnection and queue backlogs
Summary
Nonpartisan staff told the committee Minnesota has roughly 1,600 MW of utility-scale solar, about 900 MW of which is community solar; members heard the 2023 session imposed a cap on annual additions and that a substantial interconnection queue — including 56 GW in MISO’s queue — is straining grid and distribution capabilities.
Nonpartisan committee staff described recent changes to Minnesota’s community solar program and the constraints affecting developers and utilities.
Bob Eliff, a longtime committee staffer, said Minnesota had been a national leader in community solar. "I believe at this point we have maybe 1600 megawatts of solar and I think about over 900 megawatts is community solar," Eliff said, and he said the 2023 legislative session added a cap on annual additions to community solar projects and created incentives…
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