Do you want the good news first, or the bad? Let’s start with the bad: Xcel Energy has spent the $5 million set aside for new and used electric vehicle purchase rebates…
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Denver heat pump incentive targets multifamily, commercial buildings for more efficient heating and cooling
When the summer temperatures climbed, it not only got hot in Rob Amrein’s two-bedroom apartment, it got cacophonous. “We had three window air conditioners and it got pretty noisy,” he said. It…
Xcel Energy ordered to remove investor relations and executive salaries from costs passed on to Colorado consumers
Colorado utility regulators — using the mandates in a 2023 law — are looking to carve lobbying fees, trade association dues and investor relations costs from Xcel Energy rate requests. In a…
Xcel gas bills drop almost 12% for the rest of 2024 as wholesale prices remain low
A combination of growing natural gas production and mild weather, leading to a buildup of stored reserves, will help lower monthly bills for Xcel Energy residential and small commercial customers by as…
Xcel drained its $94M energy efficiency budget after marijuana growers took notice — and wants $34M more
After shooting through most of its energy efficiency budget for this year, Xcel Energy has suspended all its programs for businesses and asked state regulators for an additional $34 million above the…
How rebates, tax credits cut the cost of solar by $5,000 for one Colorado couple
When Molly McLaughlin and Zach Taylor set about making their new home more energy efficient, adding insulation and air-sealing the crawl space, one big-ticket item, rooftop solar, seemed to be years away…
Xcel Energy is unsure it can meet Colorado’s clean-energy goals at the cost it promised
The price tag on Xcel Energy’s $12 billion Clean Energy Plan — which is facing supply chain problems and uncertainty over tariffs — may have to rise, the company said in a…
Xcel should be ordered to get moving on home solar hookups, state regulators and industry groups say
Xcel Energy has dragged its feet in setting up a state mandated program to connect home solar arrays and should be ordered to get the program moving, according to a complaint filed…
Xcel says it needs $1.9 billion to prevent future wildfires as it faces nearly 300 lawsuits over Marshall fire
Facing nearly 300 lawsuits over a wildfire that destroyed 1,084 homes and killed two people, Xcel Energy on Thursday filed a $1.9 billion wildfire mitigation plan aimed at preventing future blazes. Among…
Facing power plant and coal mine closures, Moffat County wants $118 million in help from the company that owns them
Faced with a “near-existential threat” as a coal-fired power plant and the mines that feed it close, Moffat County and the City of Craig, backed by state officials, want Colorado utility regulators…