Showing posts with label solar mandate law. Show all posts
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June 5, 2013

New Minnesota Solar Mandate Law Will Give Power Companies a Jolt

Large solar arrays are likely to sprout in Minnesota after lawmakers required Xcel and other big utilities to get 1.5% of their power from the sun by 2020.

Minnesota’s solar industry is getting a jolt of energy.

It doesn’t sound like much — a requirement that major utilities generate 1.5 percent of their power from the sun by 2020. That’s roughly the output of one power plant or wind farm.