Xcel Energy
Xcel Says It Can’t Shut Down its Coal Plants by 2030. Believe Them.
Xcel Energy’s March 2 filing with the Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC) reads like a company trying to get ahead of a crisis. On paper, it might be just a simple status update about Comanche Unit 3, a coal-fired plant near Pueblo, which is…
Colorado Sun’s ‘Nonpartisan’ Case Against Natural Gas…
The Colorado Sun recently published an opinion article that diagnoses a real problem — rising energy…
Xcel faces scrutiny for gas rate increases
The Minnesota Reformer reports today on the scrutiny that Xcel Energy is facing over its natural gas…
PUC Establishes New ‘Clean Heat’ Targets Designed to…
The regulatory noose around Colorado’s natural gas utilities just got a whole lot tighter, and…
Xcel knows that coal matters, but only in Colorado
This month, Xcel Energy asked state regulators in Colorado to extend the operating life of the…
The Big Short(fall): Colorado’s Upcoming Power Plant Closures and Planned Replacements
By Ethan Cornell* Introduction The data summarizing planned generation closures in Colorado signals a rapid and profound infrastructural transformation. The schedule details the planned retirement of 10 major coal-fired units between 2025 and 2031,…
Xcel to push batteries through PUC, doubletime
As American Experiment’s Bill Glahn reported last week, Xcel Energy is proposing to double its…
Xcel proposes massive battery project at Sherco
From a company news release issued yesterday, Xcel Energy to build Upper Midwest’s largest battery…
Xcel planning 600MW of batteries by 2030
Minnesotans already face some of the highest electricity rates in the Midwest, and Xcel Energy is…
A ratepayer’s guide to rate cases
Center of the American Experiment’s Bill Glahn reported recently on the public hearings for Xcel…
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