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State Agencies Object to Xcel Energy, Southern Power Deal

August 15, 2019 admin Business, Gas, Legal & Regulatory, mankato energy center, Markets, news, power plant, Southern Company, southern power, xcel energy

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2019 13:43:44 +0000

Xcel Energy’s effort to purchase a 760-MW natural gas combined cycle facility in Mankato, Minnesota, from Southern Power, a wholesale energy provider and subsidiary of Southern Company, is meeting resistance from two state agencies. The Minnesota Department of Commerce (DOC) and the Minnesota Office of the Attorney General (OAG) recommended the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission […]

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Investments in Storage Grow as Project Costs Come Down

July 24, 2019 admin anza electric cooperative, Business, California, Coal, distributed energy, Energy Storage, ferc order 841, Gas, ladwp, Legal & Regulatory, natural gas, news, Nuclear, pjm, Renewables, storage, storage week plus, vernon, xcel energy

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2019 20:51:35 +0000

Venture capital investments in battery storage companies and projects rose significantly year-over-year through the first six months of 2019, according to a report from Mercom Capital Group. That level of activity is consistent with the growth in energy storage noted by speakers on July 24 at the Storage Week Plus conference in San Francisco, California. […]

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Xcel Sets Closure of Minnesota Coal Plants

May 22, 2019 admin allen s. king generating station, Business, Coal, Gas, Minnesota, monticello, natural gas, news, Nuclear, Renewables, sherburne county generating plant, sherco, Solar, Wind, xcel energy

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 22 May 2019 15:27:19 +0000

Xcel Energy on May 20 announced it would close its two remaining coal plants in Minnesota over the next decade, and the utility said it also wants to operate its Monticello nuclear plant in the state until at least 2040. Xcel, which is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and serves electricity and natural gas customers in […]

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States Take Lead with Plans for 100% Carbon-Free Energy

March 7, 2019 admin California, climate change, Environmental, Hawaii, Illinois, Legislation, Legislative, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, news, Nuclear, nuclear power, renewable energy, Renewables, Solar, Wind, wisconsin, xcel energy

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2019 14:44:24 +0000

Minnesota and Wisconsin recently joined the list of states aiming for a 100% clean-energy future, while some Illinois lawmakers are pushing for not only carbon-free power, but also 100% renewable energy. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) was the latest to announce a set of policy proposals designed to lead his state’s electricity sector to 100% […]

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Xcel Buys Minnesota Gas-Fired Plant

November 9, 2018 admin Business, Coal, combined cycle, Gas, Minnesota, natural gas, news, Southern Co., wilmarth generating station, xcel energy

Xcel Energy said it will buy a natural gas-fired power plant in Minnesota from Southern Power, a subsidiary of Southern Co. The $650 million deal for the Mankato Energy Center puts Xcel in charge of a facility from which it has purchased power since the plant’s first unit came online in 2006. A second unit […]

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