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MINNEAPOLIS, May 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Xcel Energy announced today an expanded agreement with the National Center for Atmospheric Research for sophisticated renewable energy forecasting. The agreement with the Boulder, Colo.-based center extends an existing relationship that has saved Xcel Energy's 3.4 million electricity customers in eight states millions of dollars. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130312/LA75651LOGO) In the next two years, NCAR scientists and...
The National Center for Atmospheric Research, building on a pioneering wind energy forecasting system that saved millions of dollars for Xcel Energy ratepayers in eight states, has entered into a new agreement with the utility for even more sophisticated weather forecasts to increase the reliability of solar and wind energy. BOULDER, CO (PRWEB) May 07, 2013 The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), building on a pioneering wind energy forecasting system that saved millions of...
Wind energy, efficiency programs and power plant improvements are credited MINNEAPOLIS, April 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Xcel Energy today announced a 16 percent reduction in carbon dioxide emissions, or 14 million tons, since the utility in 2005 began a reduction strategy in its eight-state service territory. The company's goal is to achieve a 20 percent CO2 reduction by 2020, and the latest projections are that it will surpass that goal by up to 7 percent. (Logo:...
Maintains top spot for ninth consecutive year MINNEAPOLIS, April 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Xcel Energy remains the number one utility provider of wind energy in the United States, according to a newly released report from the American Wind Energy Association. This is the ninth consecutive year that Xcel Energy has led the nation in providing wind energy to its customers. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130312/LA75651LOGO) At the end of 2012, Xcel Energy had nearly 4,900...
DENVER, April 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Xcel Energy announced earlier this week that it will pursue additional legal measures if Boulder, Colorado attempts to provide electric service to customers outside existing city limits. Xcel Energy formally notified Tom Carr, the City Attorney by letter that Boulder does not have the legal right to serve Xcel Energy customers outside the city limits. Xcel has also made it clear previously that it does not favor annexation and will work to...
CenterPoint Energy-Midwest; New Jersey Natural Gas; MidAmerican Energy; Southern California Gas Company; and South Carolina Electric & Gas Each Rank Highest in Their Respective Regions in Satisfying Gas Utility Business Customers WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif., March 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Amid a reduction in local and customer-focused activities, overall customer satisfaction declines among business gas utility customers, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2013 Gas Utility...
Fuel diversity, credit for early action critical components of national energy strategy MINNEAPOLIS, March 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- On Tuesday, March 5, 2013, Ben Fowke, chairman, president and CEO of Xcel Energy, addressed the U.S. House Subcommittee on Energy and Power. His comments emphasized the critical role that fuel diversity, including fossil fuels and renewable resources, and federal incentives such as a customer renewable credit play in ensuring Americans have clean,...
MINNEAPOLIS, March 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Xcel Energy President, Chairman and CEO, Benjamin Fowke, has been named to a committee that formed as a result of a NIAC (National Infrastructure Advisory Council) recommendation in an October 2010 report on Electric and Nuclear Sector Resilience. The committee, comprised of CEOs from the utility and nuclear sectors, will receive regular briefings from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, National Security Agency, Department Of Energy and...
HOUSTON, Jan. 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Willbros Group, Inc. (NYSE: WG) announced today that two units of its Utility T&D segment have been awarded transmission construction projects in Texas. Willbros T&D was awarded a contract by New Braunfels Utilities to remove 3.1 miles of existing line and install approximately 3.8 miles of new line. The project is scheduled to begin in February and will be completed by the end of May. Additionally, Xcel Energy Services Inc., on behalf...
MADISON, Wis., Jan. 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Wisconsin Power and Light Company (WPL), a subsidiary of Alliant Energy Corporation (NYSE: LNT), has closed on the purchase of Riverside Energy Center, LLC, which owned the Riverside Energy Center. Riverside Energy Center, LLC, was owned by Calpine Corporation (NYSE: CPN) at the time it was purchased by WPL. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20020405/LNTLOGO) "We are very excited to add the Riverside Energy Center into WPL's...
