Xcel Energy Wants to Raise Rates, But It Can’t Even Deliver Reliable Electricity
This month, Public Service Company of Colorado, Xcel Energy’s subsidiary in Colorado, reached a proposed settlement in its rate case filed in November. In a separate filing this week, the company admits that it cannot keep the lights on consistently through 2027 without running the coal plants it has advocated to close. The settlement deal […]
Xcel Energy Proposes Large-Load Tariff for Data Centers
Last week, Xcel Energy proposed a long-awaited large-load tariff on data centers that want to build in Colorado. The impulse to ensure data centers don’t shift costs onto residential ratepayers is admirable, and this tariff could help in the short term. But if the terms are too restrictive, data centers will bypass Colorado’s grid entirely […]
New PUC Report Points to Future Reliability Risks to Colorado’s Grid
A new report from the Colorado Public Utilities Commission is sounding alarm bells on the reliability risks posed to the state’s grid as wind and solar continue to replace fossil fuel plants. According to Colorado Public Radio: Heat waves and freezing temperatures won’t be the only risks for Colorado’s power grid in the future, state regulators […]
