Do you want the good news first, or the bad? Let’s start with the bad: Xcel Energy has spent the $5 million set aside for new and used electric vehicle purchase rebates…
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Xcel Energy ordered to remove investor relations and executive salaries from costs passed on to Colorado consumers
Colorado utility regulators — using the mandates in a 2023 law — are looking to carve lobbying fees, trade association dues and investor relations costs from Xcel Energy rate requests. In a…
Xcel gas bills drop almost 12% for the rest of 2024 as wholesale prices remain low
A combination of growing natural gas production and mild weather, leading to a buildup of stored reserves, will help lower monthly bills for Xcel Energy residential and small commercial customers by as…
Xcel drained its $94M energy efficiency budget after marijuana growers took notice — and wants $34M more
After shooting through most of its energy efficiency budget for this year, Xcel Energy has suspended all its programs for businesses and asked state regulators for an additional $34 million above the…
Xcel Energy is unsure it can meet Colorado’s clean-energy goals at the cost it promised
The price tag on Xcel Energy’s $12 billion Clean Energy Plan — which is facing supply chain problems and uncertainty over tariffs — may have to rise, the company said in a…
Xcel should be ordered to get moving on home solar hookups, state regulators and industry groups say
Xcel Energy has dragged its feet in setting up a state mandated program to connect home solar arrays and should be ordered to get the program moving, according to a complaint filed…
Xcel says it needs $1.9 billion to prevent future wildfires as it faces nearly 300 lawsuits over Marshall fire
Facing nearly 300 lawsuits over a wildfire that destroyed 1,084 homes and killed two people, Xcel Energy on Thursday filed a $1.9 billion wildfire mitigation plan aimed at preventing future blazes. Among…
Xcel may shut off power more often to avoid wildfires. Regulators have 8 questions about how that might work.
An inquiry by state regulators into Xcel Energy’s April “public safety” electricity outage — which created chaos in parts of the Front Range — has yielded a list of potential steps utilities…
Colorado’s two largest energy co-ops break from Xcel, Tri-State aiming for more local control and lower costs
The sources of electrons flowing into about 290,000 suburban and rural homes and businesses on the Front Range are about to change. And while refrigerators will still hum and lights shine, it…
Xcel Energy’s EV charger, rebate plan trimmed by 40% to $264 million by Colorado regulators
Xcel Energy’s ambitious and expensive plan to develop the infrastructure to serve electric vehicles was cut by 40% to $264 million by state utility regulators who said the proposal failed to demonstrate…