Tag: Clean Heat Plan
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Public Utilities Commission seeking public input on Xcel’s future plans
Members of the public get a chance to weigh in on two Xcel Energy requests before the Public Utilities Commission to approve a combined $978 million for heat and transportation electrification plans. Xcel submitted its clean heat plan in August 2022, presenting the required four portfolios of actions to reduce natural gas emissions by 4% by…
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Xcel Clean Heat plan: Either miss greenhouse gas reduction goals or make customers pay to electrify
A pair of mutually exclusive legislative mandates ordering utilities to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 leaves Xcel Energy with a choice, either miss climate deadlines while keeping customer costs below a statutory cap or exceed that limit — by a lot — to meet climate goals. Xcel filed its 2024–2028 Clean Heat Plan with the…