A random selection of applicants for the 2016 Made in Minnesota (MIM) Solar PV Incentive Program was completed this month, and 393 new residential and commercial solar electric (PV) systems were chosen to receive funding in the 10-year program’s third year.
Applicants to the 2016 PV incentive program will be notified by the Minnesota Department of Commerce through email; a posting by MiM application number (pdf) is available on the MiM Program Updates & News webpage. The numbers highlighted in red have been selected for funding, those in black are wait listed. The list is displayed by utility and by residential and commercial applications.
The combined capacity of the planned systems represents about 5.7 megawatts (MW) of new small scale solar electric energy for homes and businesses in Minnesota. The state currently has about 38 MW of solar PV capacity.
Incentives for solar PV are performance-based, established by a system’s energy production, and paid over 10 years. Owners of an approved and installed PV system will receive payments annually by July 1 based on the kWh output of the system in the previous calendar year. A random selection process will be held each year for the next seven years from January 1-February 28 to encourage more new solar PV projects
Projects by utility and total kWs of capacity are listed below:
