Dissatisfaction with Xcel should worry lawmakers, PUC

Colorado residential natural gas customers don’t like Xcel Energy according to a recent J.D. Power and Associates survey.  The Denver Business Journal reports, “Among large natural gas utilities in the West, Xcel Energy was ninth on a list of nine.” This should worry lawmakers because the investor-owned utility has had its way with the state […]

Phantom carbon tax still haunts ratepayers

Xcel Energy testified today in the House Agriculture Committee that its resource acquisition projections DO include a $20 per ton “phantom carbon tax” as allowed under language from HB 08-1164, but the tax DOES NOT affect ratepayers.  The Denver Business Journal reports: But Karen Hyde, Xcel vice president of rates and regulatory affairs, said the potential […]