Sen. Tina Smith touts clean energy during southern Minnesota visit

KASOTA, Minn. (KEYC) – On Thursday, U.S. Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minn.) visited the greater Mankato area to tour the Kasota Prairie Community Solar Garden. “This is power that is reducing carbon emissions, and it’s going to be more affordable,” Smith said.While Smith toured the 8-acre garden, which uses 4,000 solar panels, she spoke with local leaders in clean energy about the local economic impacts for Minnesota under the Inflation Reduction Act, a bill she pushed to pass earlier this summer.“It’s really exciting to see what this looks like, and I am delighted to think about how the legislation that we passed, that is now signed into law, will make projects like this more affordable, and we’ll be able to expand more of them,” Smith commented. “The Inflation Reduction Act really is a transformational piece of legislation that will help the community solar industry really…

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