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As energy-hungry data centers loom, Wisconsin ratepayers owe $1B on shuttered power plants
22 Dec 2025 12:07 GMT
… pollution control equipment on power plants — added to older coal plants during the Obama … Milwaukee, are coal-fired electrical power stations. Coburn Dukehart/Wisconsin Watch … Chris Ouellette, a spokesperson for Xcel Energy, the utility’s parent company …
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We need coal a bit longer but can we afford Xcel Energy’s Comanche 3? (Opinion)
21 Dec 2025 12:56 GMT
… went down again. This time, Xcel Energy, its operator and primary owner … -long outage.
The Comanche 3 power plant under construction by Xcel in …
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Coal-fired generator at Pueblo’s Comanche Power Plant gets a one-year extension on life
05 Dec 2025 01:24 GMT
… year.
The move comes after Xcel Energy, the state’s largest … of one of Colorado’s coal plant units, the administration is … comes from natural gas-fired power plants. As of August, the … of the variance, it expects Xcel Energy to create a report providing …
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‘Leadership and execution’ power energy transition at Holy Cross
25 Dec 2025 08:31 GMT
… to its customers using Xcel Energy’s transmission lines. The … (often called a “virtual power plant”), storing and releasing power … being affordable,” Armstrong said.
Xcel Energy, which provides wholesale power … grid and fleet of power plants to look out for. …
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As Minnesotans brace for the long, cold winter, heating costs are on the rise
24 Dec 2025 16:05 GMT
… in the PUC report included Xcel Energy, Minnesota Power, Minnesota Energy … September, NEADA said. And Xcel Energy, which won a rate increase … life of fossil fuel-run power plants.
Levenson-Falk said an … s decision to keep a coal plant in Michigan online just …
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Energy battle: Colorado power plant closures ignite debate over jobs, taxes and energy future in Pueblo
12 Oct 2025 00:00 GMT
… controversy surrounding the Comanche power plants comes at a time when … a group initiated by Xcel Energy and made up of community … for our support in closing coal plants,” Bellah wrote. “We … in communities with retiring coal plants,” a main concern raised …
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Capacity*Connect: Xcel Aims to Boost Reliability with Distributed Energy Storage
23 Dec 2025 17:11 GMT
… they can deliver it.
Xcel Energy’s proposed Capacity*Connect … maximize grid value, Xcel Energy is delivering reliable energy … Ryan Long, president of Xcel Energy-Minnesota, North Dakota and … the fact that distributed power plants are essential to maintaining …
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Hayden Generating Station remains completely offline
23 Dec 2025 14:51 GMT
… communications spokesperson from Xcel Energy headquarters in Minneapolis … explaining that the entire power plant is not producing … representative in Minneapolis.
The power plant experienced a shut down … that PSC’s Hayden power station violated Clean Air Act …
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Colorado communities argue the “just transition” from coal isn’t all that just
23 Dec 2025 11:32 GMT
… bigger proceeding including Xcel Energy’s electric resource plan … advanced technologies are Xcel Energy’s three strategies for … PUC testimony.
However, power plant developers, environmental groups and … fractional ownership, including Xcel Energy. It is set …
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Colorado’s ‘clean heat’ plan for utilities spurs concerns about costs
22 Dec 2025 13:08 GMT
… Information Administration. Coal-fired power plants accounted for 27% and natural … from natural gas, including Xcel Energy and Black Hills Energy, … a major factor in Xcel Energy’s projected demands for … a goal of 31%.
Xcel Energy proposed “an ambitious but …