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Thank you for your interest in community solar! Cooperative Energy Futures (CEF) exists to ensure Minnesotans have access to clean, affordable, and renewable energy, developed by community members, designed to serve community needs, and owned by members to build community wealth for all while addressing historic injustice. This includes empowering communities across Minnesota through clean, local, and member-owned energy solutions.

Together with members, we create cooperatively owned energy solutions that work even if you can’t invest upfront or don’t own a home—because if our solutions work for those facing the greatest barriers to benefitting from clean energy, they will work for everyone.

Filling out this form is the first step to sign up for a community solar garden. Outreach staff from CEF will follow up with the next steps to size your subscription and enroll you as a member of Cooperative Energy Futures.

Please Fill In The Boxes Below

Xcel Electric Account information

In order to send you the Subscriber Agency Agreement to get the subscription process started, we must have your Xcel Energy account number.

Low and Moderate Income (LMI) Eligibility

Why does CEF need this information?

The new State of Minnesota LMI Accessible Community Solar Program requires us to verify subscriber Area Median Income (AMI) Levels and household size in order to meet minimum thresholds for low and moderate income subscribers. The new law also requires Xcel Energy to credit community solar subscribers below 150% AMI at a higher rate than subscribers above 150% AMI.