Monopoly utilities give distributed energy advocates little time to celebrate their victories.

For this episode of the Local Energy Rules Podcast, host John Farrell is joined by Pouya Najmaie, Policy and Regulatory Director at Cooperative Energy Futures. They discuss the strengths and weaknesses of Minnesota’s community solar program, its many regulatory and legislative changes over the years, and how utility Xcel Energy has found a new way to try to suppress distributed generation.

Explore more resources at the link below — including a transcript and summary of the conversation.

https://ilsr.org/articles/10-years-minnesota-community-solar-ler202/