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New Minnesota Rules Make Connecting Clean Energy to the Grid Easier for Customers
Source: Smart Grid Observer
June 1, 2018 -- Minnesota made new strides for clean energy last week (May 24, 2018), becoming the third midwest state in the last three years to adopt wholesale reforms to their interconnection procedures. This has created a more transparent and effective process for customers to connect to the electric grid, according to a recent story by the Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC).
The recently adopted reforms (ref. Docket E999/CI-16-521) replace existing state rules with new procedures based on a national model established by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), known as the Small Generator Interconnection Procedures (or SGIP), along with some additional national best practices.
While these improvements create greater consistency across all Minnesota utilities, which will translate to cost- and time-savings for project developers, consumers and utilities, the Minnesota PUC declined to adopt some important best practices and deferred some critical decisions to a later point in the process.
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