Xcel Gives Up Plan to Expand Hydropower in Colorado0

• ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT, Renewable Energy
• November 2, 2022

Pumped-storage hydropower won’t be the answer to Xcel’s need for dispatchable zero-carbon energy. At least not for now. According to the Colorado Sun: Xcel Energy has killed its plan to build a hydropower project in Unaweep Canyon.   The utility on Wednesday morning told the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission that it was withdrawing its application for a