“The number of Minnesota solar projects stalled due to delays by Xcel Energy has ballooned to more than 300, with a backlog of applications that solar industry leaders say will take decades to clear at the utility’s current pace.
In one case in central Minnesota, Xcel told a customer they would have to wait 15 years for the company to review their application to connect a 9.5-kilowatt rooftop system to the utility’s distribution grid.
“This is the number one issue I hear about from our members. I get emails every day about this,” said Logan O’Grady, executive director of the Minnesota Solar Energy Industries Association.
An analysis by the association concluded that, at the current pace, it would take nearly 260 years for Xcel Energy to clear the backlog of requests. Most of those waiting are community solar projects in suburbs outside the Twin Cities.”
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Jossi, Frank. Energy News 20 September 2021.