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Updated Interconnection Standards for Minnesota

Connecting solar and other clean energy to the electric grid has been overly complicated, but with leadership from Fresh Energy and its partners, the process is now simpler and more transparent.

Published June 6, 2018
Categorized as Recent News Tagged grid, interconnection, Interconnection Standard, IREC, minnesota public utilities commission

Location, location, location (on the grid)

A brand new mapping tool will make connecting energy projects to the grid easier. Here’s how it works.

Published November 30, 2017
Categorized as Recent News Tagged community solar, distributed generation, grid, interconnection, public utilities commission, Xcel Energy

How grid policy gets written

Over the past 18 months, Fresh Energy has been working with our partners to rewrite  Minnesota’s interconnection standards, which dictate how every new distributed energy system connects to our distribution grid.

Published November 16, 2017
Categorized as Recent News Tagged Distributed Generation Working Group, grid, interconnection

Hosting capacity: how a more transparent grid can clean things up

Fresh Energy is working to simplify the way small systems connect to the grid by first making the whole process a lot more transparent.

Published September 27, 2017
Categorized as Recent News Tagged distributed generation, grid, interconnection

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