Xcel Energy to Whiff Its Clean Heat Plan Emissions Reductions Targets
On July 1, 2026, Xcel Energy opened a proceeding with the Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC) about its Clean Heat Plan compliance. The Clean Heat Plan requires that Colorado gas utilities reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by 41 percent compared to 2015 levels by 2035. The law also aims for 22 percent reductions by 2030 […]
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 […]
IREA cites Coalition testimony; Xcel fuel switching plan ‘not in ratepayers best interest’
The state’s largest electric cooperative Intermountain Rural Electric Association (IREA) issued a strongly worded repudiation of Xcel Energy’s proposed “Colorado Energy Plan Portfolio” (CEPP) in comments published last week on the Colorado Public Utilities Commissions Web site. In their 14-page comments on Xcel’s required 120 day report, the non-profit electric provider cites the Coalition of Ratepayers […]
