The Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal (Free subscription) | 10/31/2008
Xcel Energy Inc. will work with enXco to build wind farms in Minnesota and North Dakota that will generate 351 megawatts of power, Xcel announced Friday. (XEL)
Seeking Alpha China (Free subscription) | 10/24/2008
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Market Watch (Free subscription) | 10/23/2008
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Xcel Energy Inc. on Thursday said third-quarter earnings fell 13% to $223 million, or 51 cents a share, from $255 million, or 59 cents a share in the year-ago period. Adjusted earnings fell to 51 cents a share, from 58 cents a share. Revenue rose to $2.85 billion from $2.4 billion. Analysts expected the Minneapolis-based electrical services firm to earn 61 cents...
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 10/23/2008
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Xcel Energy Inc. on Thursday said third-quarter earnings fell 13%, falling short of Wall Street targets, as the power firm said higher expenses and cooler summer temperatures took a bite out its business.
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...
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)
Domestic Fuel (Free subscription) | 11/13/2008
One of the knocks against wind energy is that you don’t have power if you don’t have wind. Well, an energy company in the Upper Midwest might have the solution. This story from the Minneapolis (MN) Star-Tribune says Xcel Energy Inc. has teamed up with the state of Minnesota and a Virginia-based technology firm to [...]
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 11/07/2008
The pioneer in the field drew 21 months for overcharging the state and Xcel Energy, with which he still does business.
The Denver Business Journal (Free subscription) | 11/04/2008
Xcel Energy Inc. said Tuesday it made three filings Monday with the Colorado Public Utilities Commission that will overall lower typical electricity bills effective Jan. 1. (XEL)
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 11/01/2008
Xcel Energy Inc. said it will resume restarting its No. 2 reactor at its Prairie Island nuclear plant in Red Wing after repairing a control-rod system that failed during testing for the restart. "The rod control repairs have been completed, and we are going to start ramping up," Xcel spokesman Tom Hoen said. "We should be back at full power in the next few days." The system failure interrupted the...
The Denver Business Journal (Free subscription) | 10/27/2008
With about 30 hours’ notice last week, Xcel Energy Inc. slashed the amount of money — by 22 percent — it would pay in its popular Solar*Rewards program toward the cost of a small solar power system that can sit at a home or small business. (XEL)
Environmental Leader (Free subscription) | 10/24/2008
Dynegy Inc. agreed to disclose the company’s financial risks associated with climate change to the S.E.C. under an accord announced by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo and former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, Bloomberg reports, (via chron.com). Under the deal, the company will disclose current carbon emissions and projected increases in carbon emissions from planned [...]
The Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal (Free subscription) | 10/24/2008
Xcel Energy Inc. may file a rate increase request with the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission by the end of the year, the company’s chief financial officer said Thursday. (XEL)
The Denver Business Journal (Free subscription) | 10/23/2008
Xcel Energy Inc., Colorado’s largest natural gas and electricity provider, said Thursday its third-quarter earnings were lower than a year ago — as it had expected due to a warmer-than-normal summer — and also said the troubled economy is cutting into its sales to residential customers. (XEL)
oil and energy news (Free subscription) | 10/17/2008
Denver Business Journal - by Cathy Proctor Dropping natural gas prices across the country are spelling relief for Coloradans heating bills this winter. Last March, Xcel Energy Inc., the state’s largest power and natural gas utility serving about 70 percent of the population, forecast that this winter’s heating bills would rise 30 percent to 50 percent. That [...]
