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Minnesota’s clean energy push includes an ambitious goal to have electric vehicles be 20 percent of all light-duty vehicles on the road by 2030. However, getting there means building thousands of electric vehicle charging stations across the state.
Xcel Energy's proposed plan to build more than 700 electric vehicle charging stations would make the state's largest utility company the owner of the largest utility-owned charging network in the U.S.
The charging industry and the state s Commerce Department question Xcel s nearly $200 million ratepayer-funded plan for over 700 utility-owned chargers.