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Minnesota closer to terms on community solar gardens

Minnesota utility regulators on Thursday answered most but not all questions about the shape of a new community solar gardens program.

21 February 2014
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Coal giant Peabody Energy enters Minnesota pollution debate

A debate in Minnesota about the social and environmental costs of power plant pollution has caught the attention of the world’s largest private-sector coal company.

20 February 2014
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Has Minnesota lost its champion for utility revenue reform?

After a three-year pilot program that won praise from state officials and environmental groups, Minnesota’s largest natural gas utility is proposing to walk away from a concept known as revenue decoupling.

17 February 2014
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Solar jobs census shows big gains for Midwest

Solar installers, manufacturers, and suppliers added employees in the Midwest last year at a rate more than double the national average.

12 February 2014
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City-utility partnerships seek better building energy data

Adding up energy use can be an administrative hassle for multi-tenant building owners, who may need signed waivers from every renter and manual calculations by their utility to reach a total.

12 December 2013
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Duluth seeks to bring steam plant 'into the 21st century'

The coal-fired steam plant in Duluth, Minnesota has reliably been heating downtown buildings since the 1930s. But city leaders say a fuel change and other upgrades may be in the future.

10 December 2013
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For Minnesota utility, wind backed by hydro is 'holy grail'

In northern Minnesota, an electric utility is proposing a 500 kV, cross-border transmission line that would let it tap Canadian hydropower to serve as a "battery" for its growing wind portfolio.

3 December 2013
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Xcel, advocates at odds over Minnesota solar gardens rules

As customers begin putting money down to join one of Minnesota’s first community solar gardens, new comments to state regulators reveal significant disagreements about how the program should work.

11 November 2013
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Minnesota's day in the sun for determining the value of solar

Observers say Minnesota's process is becoming one of the most transparent, thorough, and thoughtful discussions yet on the topic.

28 October 2013
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Q&A: Karl Rábago, grandfather of the value-of-solar tariff

Karl Rábago led a team that came up with the very first value-of-solar tariff, which aims to pay utility customers a rate for solar power that reflects its actual value to the grid and society.

28 October 2013

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