We need distributed solar and energy storage, not utility monopolies

Published on October 24, 2024

This August, Xcel Energy submitted a proposal to the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission asking permission to build nearly 800 megawatts of distributed solar and energy storage. That a large, investor-owned utility wants to “leverage fast-to-deploy, modular distributed energy resources” is exciting news. It’s also…

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