Excel Energy News

Three U.S. utilities are closing older nuclear reactors, but Xcel Energy is investing $1.8 billion to keep its two Minnesota plants operating for another two decades.

The Colorado Public Utilities Commission will look into whether the city of Boulder can take 5,800 Xcel Energy customers if it creates its own municipal power utility.

Renewable energy is becoming part of the economic development toolkit that local governments use to attract new businesses and keep old ones, and a new survey from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory demonstrates how voluntary green power programs can contribute to that effort.

Xcel Energy in 2012 achieved milestones in energy efficiency, emissions reductions and renewable energy.

The Prairie Island Nuclear power plant as seen from Lock and Dam No. 3. According to Xcel Energy, there are 809 metric tons of spent nuclear fuel currently being stored at the plant.

's stock had its "neutral" rating reaffirmed by Zacks in a research report issued on Friday, Analyst Ratings.Net reports.

's stock had its "neutral" rating reaffirmed by Zacks in a research note issued on Friday, StockRatingsNetwork reports.

More than 9,000 customers in suburbs northwest of Minneapolis are without power, according to Xcel Energy, and there is currently no estimate as to when the power will be back.

Several aspects of Xcel Energy Inc.'s renewable energy programs ranked in the Top 10 of all such programs across the country in 2012 in a report released Wednesday by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden.

Crews work Tuesday June 4, 2013 on the Excel Energy pipeline project on 29th Street between Wilson Avenue and Taft Avenue in Loveland as vehicles are shifted into one lane in each direction.

We didn't want to miss this story from late last week about Xcel Energy and Colorado growing Wind Energy industry.

Xcel Energy is seeking a 6.1 percent increase in rates for its Wisconsin electric customers, including those in Hudson, Eau Claire and La Crosse.

Metro Transit had a three-car consist of new Siemens LRVs that were powered exclusively by wind energy recently in recognition of Earth Day.

Xcel Energy is proposing to raise electricity rates by 6.5% in 2014 to pay for nuclear plant upgrades as well as power line and substation projects, the power company said Friday.

Xcel Energy Inc. is asking state regulators to add 550 megawatts worth of wind-generated power to its Colorado grid A - boosting its amount of wind power by 25 percent.

Xcel Energy must remain on the sidelines of a legal battle that could decide whether the utility's coal-burning power plant in Becker, Minn., must cut emissions to reduce haze over Voyageurs National Park.

Xcel Energy updated its FY13 earnings guidance on Tuesday. The company provided EPS guidance of $1.85 to $1.95 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $1.90, AnalystRatingsNetwork.com reports.

Xcel Energy was recently recognized as a 2013 winner of the Most Valuable Employer for Military by CivilianJobs.com for its efforts in hiring military personnel.

The Xcel Energy Inc. board of directors raised the quarterly dividend on the company's common stock from 27 cents per share to 28 cents per share, which is equivalent to an annual rate of $1.12 per share.

Xcel Energy Inc. subsidiary Northern States Power Co.-Minnesota announced that it closed an offering of $400.0 million of 2.60% first mortgage bonds due May 15, 2023.