Provides definitions, subscriber enrollment, verification and protection details, and a community solar bill credit mechanism. Sets separate capacity limits for community solar at 5 MW and agrivoltaic community solar at 10 MW.

Community microgrid technical best practices guide.

Minnesota Public Utilities Commission Order (April 11, 2023) conditionally adopting amended Technical Interconnection and Interoperability Requirements (TIIR) for grid edge resources. These requirements establish statewide technical standards for connecting alternative energy systems to the grid, with specific focus on advanced "smart" inverters. The order specifies implementation timelines and interim requirements, while the attached TIIR document details comprehensive technical standards for equipment performance, grid protection, metering, interoperability, and testing requirements. The new standards will take full effect when IEEE 1547-2018 advanced inverters become readily available in the market.

Project report that summarized the development and implementation of a grid edge resource management system and advanced distribution management system (ADMS) to improve grid reliability and integration of grid edge resources. The project enhanced real-time monitoring, cybersecurity, and interoperability using IEEE 2030.5 standards, reducing telemetry costs for customers while enabling efficient grid management.

Envisions use of IEEE 2030.5 for telemetry and advanced smart inverter functions for operational flexibility.

Describes the interconnection facilities and telecommunications systems required (with their associated costs) for the implementation of community energy projects.

Grid-forming inverter-based resources and modeling and simulation tools are required for studying them.

Technologies for monitoring and control of grid edge resources through Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition.

The Integrated Distribution Plan (IDP) outlines Xcel Energy's strategy for modernizing and operating its distribution system to ensure safe, reliable, and affordable power delivery. It details infrastructure planning, grid edge resource forecasts, financial planning, and grid modernization efforts to support a more decentralized energy future. The IDP also seeks certification for initiatives like distributed intelligence and the resilient Minneapolis project, aiming to enhance grid reliability, customer engagement, and energy resilience.

Recommendations on adopting Minimum Statewide Default Standards (MSDS) for smart inverters or distribution utility-specific inverter settings.
IEEE 1547-2018 smart inverter functions of importance and associated policies and defaults proposed by the working group for statewide standards.

Provides definitions for the Community Solar Act, provides specifics of nameplate capacity limits and minimum subscriber limits, provides exceptions for native community solar projects, details of facility ownership, and provides subscription requirements and administration process (bill credits application, and treatment of Renewable Energy Certificates).

Mandates electric utilities as a part of the grid edge resource planning process to identify data gaps and required upgrades—advanced metering, grid monitoring equipment, and simulation tools—as well as considering wires and NWA in the planning process.

Defines Community Solar Garden. Sets minimum number of subscribers at 10. Sets the upper bound of nameplate capacity at 5 MW. Subscriber location needs to be in the same service territory.

Recommendations—Technical—Adopting functions of inverter-based grid edge resource systems.

Provides a literature review of hardware requirements of Distributed Energy Resource Management Systems (DERMS) and algorithms in use for state estimation. Provides latency and bandwidth capabilities of distributed communication infrastructure, likely communication systems around microgrids, and how they meet the requirements of grid edge resources and DERMS, and state estimation algorithms. A literature review is performed toward the development of an algorithm for use with the DERMS-Red Cave system for verification of state change commands at the grid edge using real-time automation controller.

Size-based monitoring and control requirements for energy projects.