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Painting Co. Expected To Plead Guilty In Colo. Hydro-Plant Deaths

AP | Posted 02.18.2012

Read More: Xcel Energy, Video, Georgetown Colorado, RPI Paint Company, Denver News, Cabin Creek Hydroelectric Plant, 5 Deaths in Colo Hydro Plant Fire, Hydro Plant Fire, Specialty Paint Company, RPI Coatings, Colorado, Denver News

DENVER — A California specialty painting company pleaded guilty Monday to five counts of violating federal workplace safety rules that resulted ...

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Twenty-Somethings of Colorado With Skin in the Game

Anne Butterfield | Posted 01.22.2012

Read More: Colorado Coal Industry, Colorado Energy, Xcel Energy, Colorado Energy Plan, Colorado Coal, Xcel, Colorado Xcel Vote, Xcel Vote, Denver News

Our children's climate is being pushed over a cliff. This is the time to pay even more attention to Xcel's emissions, and New Era Colorado is up to the task.

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Controversial San Luis Valley Power-Line Project On Chopping Block

Posted 01.01.2012

Read More: Louis Bacon, Xcel Energy, Southern Colorado Transmission Project, San Luis Power Line, Video, San Luis Valley, Colorado Public Utilities Commission, Trinchera Ranch, Denver News

A proposed powerline that had been billed as a referendum on Colorado's 'New Energy Economy' may be on the chopping block Tuesday after Xcel Energy do...

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Occupy, Xcel, And the Mother of All Cliffs

Anne Butterfield | Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: Community Owned Solar, Leslie Glustrom, Coal Power, Xcel Energy, Boulder Energy, Occupy Wall Street, Boulder, Denver News

While the nation salivates -- or trembles -- at the thought of how the Occupy Wall Street movement will affect elections for years to come, an Occupy-style ballot initiative is being voted on in Boulder.

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Utility Fights Dirty in City's Battle for Clean Local Energy

John Farrell | Posted 12.14.2011

Read More: Energy, Xcel Energy, Electricity, Self-Reliance, Economy, Local, Boulder, Renewable Energy, Jobs, Utilities, Clean Energy, Green Energy, Municipal Utilities, Colorado, Denver News

In just three weeks, citizens of Boulder, CO, will vote on whether to begin a big, formal process to unplug from Xcel Energy's system and plug into local energy self-reliance.

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WATCH: Dog Electrocuted Walking Though Puddle

The Huffington Post | Ryan Grenoble | Posted 09.25.2011

Read More: Xcel Energy, Video, Scott Evans, Animal-Law-Center, Asha, Dog Electrocuted, Denver News

Scott Evans, a Denver dog owner, has filed suit against Xcel Energy and several contractors after his dog Asha was electrocuted walking through an unm...

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Xcel Acquitted In 5 Worker Deaths During Plant Fire

Reuters | By Robert Boczkiewicz | Posted 08.29.2011

Read More: Xcel Power Plant, Xcel Energy, Xcel Fire Worker Deaths, Hydroelectric, Denver News, Cabin Creek Hydroelectric Plant, Cabin Creek Fire, Cabin Creek Hydro Plant, Cabin Creek, Power Plant, Xcel Worker Deaths, Denver News

DENVER (Reuters) - Public utility Xcel Energy Inc. (XEL.N) and a subsidiary were acquitted on Tuesday of criminal charges stemming from a fire tha...

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Bright Prospects For Solar Research In Colorado

The Huffington Post | Ryan Grenoble | Posted 08.08.2011

Read More: Dustin Smith, Xcel Energy, Denver News, Colorado-Renewable-Energy, Colorado Solar Research, Renewable Energy, Green Energy, Solartac, Solar Power, Denver News

Colorado's renewable energy prospects are looking bright. And with the opening of the largest solar research facility in the United States yesterday,...

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Xcel Energy On Trial For Deaths In Plant Fire

AP | By P. SOLOMON BANDA | Posted 08.01.2011

Read More: Xcel Cabin Creek, Cabin Creek Plant, Xcel Energy, Denver News, Xcel Hydroelectric Plant, Worker Deaths at Xcel, Cabin Creek Hydro Plant, Xcel Trial for Deaths, Denver News

DENVER -- A criminal trial in the deaths of five workers at a Colorado hydroelectric plant began Tuesday in the rare prosecution of a company. Xcel E...

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Boulder Can Own Its Power With Distributed Generation

Anne Butterfield | Posted 07.16.2011

Read More: Xcel Energy, Solar Energy, Energy Prices, Fossil Fuels, Natural Gas, Clean Energy, Wind Energy, Boulder Colorado, Municipal Utilities, Denver News

If Xcel proposes "business as usual" with its exposure to fossil fuels and a rate hike of 33 percent in nine years, Boulder's case for municipalization becomes starkly stronger.

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Rocky Road for Clean Energy, Views Still Great

Anne Butterfield | Posted 02.22.2011

Read More: Xcel Energy, Clean Energy, Boulder Colorado, Municipal Utilities, Denver News

Boulder city staff have formally defined the parameters of Boulder's quest for a clean energy future, with or without Xcel Energy.

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Xcel Cuts Solar Incentive

The Denver Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Xcel Solar, Solar Energy, Xcel Energy, Colorado, Solar Energy Subsidies, Denver News

Xcel Energy said Wednesday that it is cutting the financial incentives it offers to customers for solar-energy installations. In addition, the util...

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State OK's Alternative Energy Power Line Fought By Billionaire

Denver Business Journal | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Louis Bacon, Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association of Westminster, Colorado Public Utilities Commission, Xcel Energy, San Luis Valley, Alternative Energy, Denver News

The Colorado Public Utilities Commission has approved construction of a $180 million, 150-mile power transmission line from the San Luis Valley to the...

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Xcel Coal-To-Gas Plan Divides Colorado Regulators

AP | CATHERINE TSAI | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cherokee 4 Coal Plant, Xcel Energy, Xcel, Colorado Natural Gas, Colorado Coal, Colorado Coal to Gas, Denver News

DENVER — Colorado regulators are split on Xcel Energy's plan for cutting air pollution from coal-fired power plants by 2018. The Public Utiliti...

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Louis Bacon Battles To Protect Ranch From Solar-Power Lines

The Denver Post | Jason Blevins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Louis Bacon, Xcel Energy, Tri-State Generation, Solar Power, San Luis Valley, Colorado Ranch, Denver News

Reclusive billionaire Louis Moore Bacon is emerging from the shadows in a southern Colorado showdown over solar-power transmission lines. One side ...

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Clean Energy Offers Solution to Western Water Woes

Stacy Tellinghuisen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Clean Air-Clean Jobs Act, Xcel Energy, Colorado Water, Natural Gas, Clean Energy, Denver News

Recent decisions by utilities in Colorado and Arizona serve as prime examples of how smart energy policies can benefit the region's water resources.

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Xcel Scraps Plan To Cut Emissions, Sets Earlier Deadline

AP | CATHERINE TSAI | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Xcel Energy, Colorado, Xcel, Cherokee 4, Colorado Public Utilities, Coal Mining Association, Denver News

DENVER — Xcel Energy's plan to retire about 900 megawatts of coal-fired power generation by 2022 is off the table, as it focuses on doing it by ...

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State Regulator Sign Order To End Coal Plants In Denver Area

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Xcel Energy, Black Hills Corp., Epa, Denver Coal, Colorado Public Utilities, Coal, Denver Coal Plants, Denver News

DENVER — State regulators issued written orders Wednesday that would leave no coal-burning power plants in the Denver area after 2017. The Colora...

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New Mexico Cap And Trade Program Faces Appeal From Electric Utility

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Xcel Energy, Public Service Company of New Mexico, New Mexico, Susana Martinez, New Mexico Utility, New Mexico Cap and Trade, New Mexico Environmental Improvement Board, Cap and Trade, Denver News

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — New Mexico's largest electric utility filed a notice of appeal Tuesday to the state's new cap-and-trade program. Public Ser...

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Xcel Changes Insufficient To Meet Clean-Air Goal, Colo. Health Agency Says

The Denver Post | Mark Jaffe | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Colorado Legislature, Xcel Energy, Coal, Xcel, Renewable Energy, Denver News

A plan by Xcel Energy to shut down coal-fired power plants can't meet Front Range clean-air goals and a 2017 deadline, state health officials said Mon...

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Local Power for Boulder and Beyond

Anne Butterfield | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Xcel Energy, Clean Energy, Proposition 2B, Community Choice Aggregation, Denver News

There are energy options for municipalities like Boulder to get more direct authority over the energy supply. With or without the help of Xcel Energy.

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Xcel's Smart Grid To Be Subject Of PUC Hearings This Week

AP | CATHERINE TSAI | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Xcel, Boulder-Colorado, Office of Consumer Counsel, Xcel Energy, Smart Grid, Puc, Colorado Public Utilities Commission, Colorado, Energy Debates, Smartgrid, Denver News

DENVER — Xcel Energy's SmartGridCity is supposed to be an experiment in what a modern energy grid might look like. Since the utility announced ...

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Boulder's 2B Means Progress Toward Clean Energy

Anne Butterfield | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Boulder City Council, Clean Air-Clean Jobs Act, Coal Power, Xcel Energy, Colorado Mining Association, Denver News

Xcel has morphed into being a taxing authority for Boulder, and this status will last to the end of this year when its franchise expires.

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Xcel Energy Unveils Plan To Convert Coal Plant To Natural Gas

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Epa, Environmental Protection Agency, Xcel Energy, Coal, Natural Gas, Bill Ritter, Clean Air Act, Denver News

DENVER — Xcel Energy is proposing to spend $1.3 billion to convert coal-fired power plants to natural gas and close a plant to comply with a new...

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Xcel Charging Customers For Private Jets

KMGH Denver | Arthur Kane | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Xcel Energy, Colorado, Private Jets, Denver News

DENVER -- Xcel Energy had consumers pay more than $1 million last year for employees to fly in two luxury jets despite many consumers seeing substanti...

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