NEW ULM --New Ulm Public Utilities Commission (NUPUC) approved a new rate schedule for customers with renewable energy connection. Minnesota statute requires municipal utilities and cooperatives to provide a rate schedule to promote renewable energy installations. In New Ulm, the rate compensates customers who have installed a power generation system, such as solar or wind. Public Utilities Financial Manager Beth Kral said in New Ulm it is mostly solar connections. The schedule includes a rate payable to the qualifying facility (QF) for energy received, as well as charges from the ...