Category: Xcel Energy
Xcel Energy funding climate opposition in Minnesota
The utility's PAC has given $114,949 to Republican candidates, funds, and party units since 2017
Xcel Energy supports gas industry group pushing false claims in Colorado
Xcel Energy is supporting a new gas industry effort in Colorado that has published false claims about the costs of electrification. The new gas industry group launched the same week...
Xcel Ramps Up Municipal Spending in Hometown Mayoral Election
Utility executives and lobbyists gave thousands to Mayor Jacob Frey, who won his re-election
Pollution Payday: Analysis of executive compensation and incentives of the largest U.S. investor-owned utilities
Download full report Xcel Energy Xcel Energy is an electric and gas utility company with customers in Colorado, Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin, New Mexico, South Dakota, North Dakota, and Texas. Xcel...
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Utility Carbon Targets Reflect Decarbonization Slowdown In Crucial Next Decade
Many of the nation's largest utilities are planning to slow down their efforts to decarbonize, according to the companies' own goals.
NextEra CEO Jim Robo envisions a renewable future, but his subsidiary FPL remains addicted to gas
Jim Robo, the CEO of NextEra Energy, made news last month during his company’s annual earnings call when he said, “By early in the next decade, as further cost declines...
Three HUGE Utilities Donated to Donald Trump’s Inauguration
President Donald Trump's inaugural committee raised a record $106.7 million - twice as much money as any other inauguration.
Legislation Advances to Allow Xcel Energy to Build Natural Gas Plant that Bypasses Usual Regulatory Review
On February 2, the Minnesota Senate Committee on Energy and Utilities Finance and Policy voted 7-2 in favor of giving Xcel Energy the certainty to build a 780-megawatt natural gas...
Coloradans Urge Governor Hickenlooper Not to Swear In Glen Vaad to Utility Commission
Glenn Vaad received an American Legislative Exchange Council “State Legislator of the Year” Award in 2012.
Utility Interests Threaten Future of Renewable Energy in Colorado via Public Utility Commission (PUC) Appointment of Glenn Vaad
In Colorado, alarm and concern is quickly spreading with revelations that Glenn Vaad, appointed by Governor Hickenlooper as one of three Public Utilities Commissioners, is also a former high ranking...