Environmental Leader (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
Xcel Energy is experimenting with gigantic batteries to store and provide power when it’s either too windy or too calm. Xcel’s battery unit is expected to be fully on line next spring, Minnesota Public Radio reports. A metal container about the size of a double-decker bus contains 20 battery packs and can store enough electricity to [...]
TopEnergyNews (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
11/20/2008 - GridPoint, Inc., a clean tech company whose smart grid software platform benefits electric utilities, consumers and the environment, recently announced that Xcel Energy selected GridPoint’s software platform to control the flow of power between the grid and a NGK Insulators’ sodium-sulfur battery storing wind energy… Link to the original site
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008
ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GridPoint, Inc., a leading clean tech company whose smart grid software platform benefits electric utilities, consumers and the environment, announced today that Xcel Energy selected
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008
JACKSON, Miss.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SmartSynch, Inc., a global leader in public wireless smart metering technology, has been selected by Xcel Energy to provide smart metering, energy management, demand response and carbon
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008
Xcel Energy said Monday that natural-gas bills would remain relatively flat in December compared with the same month a year ago. Customer bills, however, will be 45 percent higher in December compared with this month because of higher usage. The company's proposed natural-gas commodity price for December is 2.7 percent lower than it was last December but is 15.8 percent higher than this month's. If...
Climateer Investing (Free subscription) | 11/16/2008
From Die Welt: Xcel Energy Files Electric Rate Case Xcel Energy today proposed a $174.7 million electricity rate increase for Colorado, expected to become effective next summer. The increase is the result of the company ’ s efforts to meet state energy needs through power generation expansion; continued emission reductions work; and system reliability improvements. The filing today with the Colorado...
Climateer Investing (Free subscription) | 11/16/2008
Xcel is a major electricity supplier and one of the largest purchasers of renewable energy in the U.S. In one of their bigger markets*, Minnesota, they are required to produce 30% of their power from renewables by 2020, in their Colorado market it's 20% in '20. They are the largest wind energy producer in the country. Just as California is the dystopian economic future, there is probably something...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/16/2008
ST. PAUL, Minn. - USA Hockey named Qwest Communications as the title sponsor of the Qwest Tour at a press conference at the Xcel Energy Center. The Qwest Tour, announced just before the Minnesota Wild game, will feature the 2009-10 U.S. Women's National Team playing 10 games throughout the U
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 11/16/2008
ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--USA Hockey named Qwest Communications as the title sponsor of the Qwest Tour at a press conference at the Xcel Energy Center. The Qwest Tour, announced just before the Minnesota Wild
The Denver Business Journal (Free subscription) | 11/14/2008
Xcel Energy Inc. wants to raise electricity rates in Colorado by $174.7 million, the utility announced Friday. (XEL)
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 11/14/2008
DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Xcel Energy today proposed a $174.7 million electricity rate increase for Colorado, expected to become effective next summer. The increase is the result of the
Knowledge Problem (Free subscription) | 11/14/2008
Michael Giberson From the Star-Tribune in Minnesota, "Xcel looks to harness wind energy for use even when there's no wind ": Next spring Xcel Energy Inc., the state of Minnesota and a Virginia-based technology firm will test the first battery...
AZ Sports Hub (Free subscription) | 11/14/2008
Photo: Jim Mone/AP The maddening offensive inconsistency of the Phoenix Coyotes surfaced again on Thursday night in a 4-0 loss to the Minnesota Wild at the Xcel Energy Center that broke the Coyotes’ three-game winning streak. Marek Zidlicky scored his first two goals of the year, and added an assist, and Nicklas Backstrom, who ranked 4th in [...]
Knowledge Problem (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
Michael Giberson Jeffrey Ball at the WSJ's Environmental Capital blog describes Xcel Energy's first steps in bringing Vehicle-to-grid power into its SmartGridCity effort in Boulder, Colorado: So far, it's pretty small potatoes, involving exactly one car and one plug. But...
www.BackgroundNow.com Weblog (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
The former manager of Shaokatan Power Partners was sentenced today in federal court in connection with mailing fraudulently inflated bills to Xcel Energy for wind power during 2003 and 2004,... This is a mere summary. Go to http://www.backgroundnow.com/blog for the real deal.
