Xcel Energy - Independence Institute

Natural gas double price of coal in Colorado 0
- Energy, ENERGY - Archive, ENERGY - Governing Bodies / Agencies, ENERGY - Legal
- February 7, 2013
According to the most recent Form 10-K that Xcel Energy, Colorado’s largest investor owned utility (IOU), filed with the Security and Exchange Commission dated December 31, 2011, electricity generation from natural gas was more than double the price of electricity generated from coal in Colorado. A table on page 18 of the report shows that
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2012 snapshot of New Energy Economy's cost to ratepayers 0
- Energy, ENERGY - Archive, ENERGY - Legal
- January 21, 2013
The numbers are in, and they aren’t pretty. Four of the largest cost driving pieces of legislation enabling Colorado’s New Energy Economy cost Xcel Energy ratepayers nearly half a billion dollars in 2012 alone. Adding insult to injury, some of the electricity produced wasn’t needed in the first place according to a just released report
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2012 snapshot of New Energy Economy’s cost to ratepayers 0
- Energy, ENERGY - Archive, ENERGY - Legal
- January 21, 2013
The numbers are in, and they aren’t pretty. Four of the largest cost driving pieces of legislation enabling Colorado’s New Energy Economy cost Xcel Energy ratepayers nearly half a billion dollars in 2012 alone. Adding insult to injury, some of the electricity produced wasn’t needed in the first place according to a just released report
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Colorado: Xcel's cash cow 0
- Energy, ENERGY - Archive, ENERGY - Legal
- October 31, 2012
Last week Minnesota-based Xcel Energy announced that it beat market expectations with third quarter earnings increasing an impressive 18 percent. Colorado’s largest investor owned utility cited hot weather, rate hikes, and lower costs as reasons for its strong 3Q performance. Colorado (PSCo) outperformed all other Xcel subsidiaries with a 24 percent increase for the third
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Colorado: Xcel’s cash cow 0
- Energy, ENERGY - Archive, ENERGY - Legal
- October 31, 2012
Last week Minnesota-based Xcel Energy announced that it beat market expectations with third quarter earnings increasing an impressive 18 percent. Colorado’s largest investor owned utility cited hot weather, rate hikes, and lower costs as reasons for its strong 3Q performance. Colorado (PSCo) outperformed all other Xcel subsidiaries with a 24 percent increase for the third
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Ugly numbers for Xcel ratepayers 0
- Energy, ENERGY - Archive, ENERGY - Legal
- May 31, 2012
Lobbying at the state capitol: According to January-April 2012 disclosure forms available on the Secretary of State’s Web site, Xcel Energy paid $126,393.90 for seven lobbyists at the state capitol. This included two lobbying firms and three Xcel in-house lobbyists. The highest paid was 5280 Strategies run by Mike Beasley, well-known Capital Hill insider and
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