Tag: Wind Power
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Xcel gets the green light for $2 billion power line expansion
The Colorado Public Utilities Commission gave Xcel Energy permission to spend at least $2 billion to build up to 650 miles of new high-voltage power lines in southern and eastern Colorado to serve windmills and solar farms. The company’s customers will pay for the new transmission lines through what’s called the Transmission Cost Adjustment rider…
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Xcel gets green light from Colorado for $2.5 billion clean energy plan
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Public Utilities Commission on Monday approved a $2.5 billion plan by Xcel Energy to close coal-fired power plants and add a hefty dose of wind and solar generation so that 55 percent of the utility’s electricity will come from clean energy by 2026.…