Legislation expected to be signed this week will transfer administration to the state Department of Commerce, but some of the costs will continue to be passed down to Xcel Energy ratepayers.
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The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission last month instructed Xcel to start evaluating multiple applications at once as a way to clear the backlog, which now exceeds 1,700 projects totaling about 490 megawatts.