Join a community solar garden, today!
As an Xcel Energy customer in Minnesota, you can join a community solar garden for free and enjoy a 10% reduction on your energy bill. Guaranteed spots are available for qualifying families.
Check our FAQS for more information.
Community Solar, The New Way to Save
Apply today and join your neighbors with clean energy.
How community solar works for you
As a member, you purchase energy from your local solar array at a 10% discount. In return, you receive solar energy credits that are automatically transferred to your existing utility account, resulting in guaranteed monthly savings.
Save money
When you join a community solar garden, the energy produced goes toward your electric bill. How much you save depends on how much energy the solar garden produces. Most members save 10% annually on their electricity bills.
Support clean, local energy
By joining a community solar garden, you’re saying yes to renewable energy in your neighborhood.
Combat climate change
Community solar gardens reduce demand for fossil fuels, limit greenhouse gas emissions, and shrink our collective carbon footprint.
This Community Solar Garden will produce the energy equivalent of
167,074 gallons of gas consumed
818 tons of coal burned
150 homes of energy used per year
By The Numbers
1.4
MEGAWATTS
Lafayette, MN
LOCATION
150
MEMBERSHIP
2021
YEAR BUILT
Developer
Novel Energy Solutions
Novel Energy Solutions, founded by a 5th generation Minnesota family farmer in 2012, is a family-owned national solar energy company headquartered in Minnesota. Novel’s goal is to help communities realize the savings and benefits of clean solar power.
For more information
Email: hello@joinsolar.org
Phone: 651-347-1101
Developer
Novel Energy Solutions
Novel Energy Solutions, founded by a 5th generation Minnesota family farmer in 2012, is a family-owned national solar energy company headquartered in Minnesota. Novel’s goal is to help communities realize the savings and benefits of clean solar power.
For more information
Email: hello@joinsolar.org
Phone: 651-347-1101
Who is eligible for the LMI program?
Subscribers qualify for higher bill credits when they are up to 150% of their County’s Area Median Income (AMI) for their household size.
What is Minnesota LMI Program ?
LMI stands for Low-to-Moderate Income.
In the 2023 legislative session, the Minnesota Legislature amended the Community Solar Garden statute (Chapter 60 – MN Laws) by phasing out the “Legacy” program previously operated by Xcel Energy and establishing a new initiative
under the administration of the Minnesota Department of Commerce.
