Minnesota Low and Moderate-Income Accessible Community Solar Garden Program
2024 - Batch 11
During the 2023 Legislative session, the Minnesota Legislature made changes to the Community Solar Garden statute (Minn. Stat. 216B.1641), sunsetting the “Legacy” program operated by Xcel Energy and establishing a new program to be administered by the Minnesota Department of Commerce (“Department”). The Department is now accepting applications for the new Low and Moderate-Income Accessible Community Solar Garden Program (“LMI-Accessible CSG Program”).
Information about the new LMI-Accessible CSG Program can be accessed on the Department’s LMI-Accessible CSG Program website, with newly-updated separate pages for consumers and developers. Visit the Department’s RFP website to download the full RFA and access the application portal.
The Department seeks applications from in-development solar systems seeking approval to become community solar gardens. No funding is available through this program. It will be the responsibility of individual developers or owners of community solar gardens (“Subscriber Organizations”) to sign up subscribers. Please note that the LMI-Accessible CSG Program is only available to projects built in Xcel Energy’s service territory and that all subscribers must be customers of Xcel Energy.
The Department is accepting and reviewing applications in batches on a monthly basis. Each application round will be a standalone batch.
Applications for Batch 11 will be accepted starting Monday, December 2, 2024. To be considered for Batch 11, project applications must be submitted by no later than Tuesday, December 31, 2024 at 8:00 PM Central Time through the application portal.
All expenses incurred in applying to this notice are solely the responsibility of the applicant.
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