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Regulators approve 460 MW solar project for Minnesota

Regulators in Minnesota approved Xcel Energy’s Sherco Solar Project, a 460 MW plant that would be among the largest solar facilities in the upper Midwest.

The Public Utilities Commission earlier had approved the site permit for the two-parcel facility in Sherburne County, northwest of Minneapolis. Its most recent decision on September 15 found the project to be a cost-effective resource for the company to acquire and build.

Local news reports in late August quoted an Xcel Energy executive as saying that the recently enacted Inflation Reduction Act could shave 20% off the project’s expected $575 million cost.

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