Xcel Energy News

Officials from the city of Boulder and Xcel Energy met last week to try to hammer out an agreement about if and how the utility will continue to allow its Boulder customers to participate in its solar rebate, long-term wind power, solar gardens and energy-efficiency programs.

The future of Xcel Energy Inc. programs such as Solar Rewards and other rebate and incentive programs are "very unclear" for Boulder customers, and the company is preparing for lengthy legal proceedings, according to a letter the utility sent earlier this week to Boulder customers.

MINNEAPOLIS &#8212 The Nuclear Regulatory Commission says a spill of radioactive tritium at Xcel Energy Inc.'s Prairie Island Nuclear Plant was so small the utility wasn't required to report it.

Even though utilities offer high dividend yields and low volatility, the Street still views PPL , Xcel Energy , and Duke with much trepidation.

On the crest of Buffalo Ridge in southwest Minnesota the blades of a 300-foot-tall wind turbine can be heard better than seen as they slice through a thick fog.

Xcel Energy Inc. says it is willing to install $50 million in emissions controls on its Sherco coal-fired power plant to help reduce haze over Voyageurs National Park and the Boundary Waters Canoe Area.

The Babcock & Wilcox Company announced that its subsidiary, Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group, has been awarded a contract to design and supply two spray dry absorber units and associated equipment for Xcel Energy’s coal-fired Pawnee Generating Station in Brush, Colo.

The think tank Trust Across America has named Smithfield Foods, the parent company of John Morrell & Co., its most trusted publicly traded company for 2011.

Xcel Energy Inc. said Thursday that fourth-quarter net income rose 4 percent as it charged customers higher rates for electricity and natural gas.

Xcel Energy reported $140 million in earnings for the fourth quarter, or 29 cents per share, just short of Wall Street expectations.

Electricity and natural gas company Xcel Energy Inc. reported its fourth quarter and fiscal 2011 year earnings.

S&P 500 component Xcel Energy Inc reported its results for the fourth quarter. Xcel Energy is a holding company that is engaged in the generation, purchase, transmission, distribution and sale of electricity and natural gas.

The Big Stone coal-burning power plant over the border in South Dakota might have to pay $489 million more than Minnesota's Sherco for air pollution controls.

Xcel Energy, Inc. will unveil its latest earnings on Thursday, February 2, 2012.

Environmental groups today called on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to close a "loophole" in new air pollution rules that would let the oldest coal-fired units at Xcel Energy's Sherco power plant forgo expensive retrofitting.

The five legal teams the city of Boulder is considering hiring to help it navigate the federal regulatory process as it considers municipalizing the electric grid are scheduled to give public presentations Thursday, Feb.

Investment analysts at DA Davidson upped their price target on shares of Xcel Energy to $27.00 in a note issued to investors on Monday.

U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum is supporting Xcel Energy in its bid to get the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to change a new rule designed to reduce emissions at coal-fired power plants.

Xcel Energy submitted plans to the Public Utility Commission of Texas today for a revised fuel cost formula and factor that will reduce residential bills of 1,000 kilowatt-hours by an average of $1.83, or about 1.8 percent, starting April 1. The fuel factor is a pass-through charge on customer bills to recover the cost of fuel used by generation ... (more)

Should Boulder County ban the growing of genetically modified crops on open space owned by the county and leased to farmers? BOULDER - The city of Boulder has hired a Denver-based law firm that specializes in eminent domain condemnations as it considers whether to municipalize the city's electrical system.