Assessing ahandful of proposed power-generation projects – all but one of them based onnatural gas – Administrative Law Judge Eric Lipman this week ruled that thelone PV project represents the best deal for Xcel’s ratepayers.

Thesweeping Aurora solar project is backed by Minnesota-based developer GeronimoEnergy, which intends to build 100MW of distributed PV generation acrossseveral dozen sites in the state by 2016.

Italy’sEnel