Phantom carbon tax still haunts ratepayers0

• February 21, 2011

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