Alex Nisbet, a regulatory policy specialist for Xcel Energy, speaks during a public input session hosted by the North Dakota Public Service Commission on July 29, 2024. (Photo by Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)FARGO, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A proposed electric rate increase would cost North Dakota State University about $1 million a year, a representative of the college told…
Electric transmission lines cross a field in central North Dakota. (Photo by Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor/KVRR) — Xcel Energy customers in North Dakota are facing an unusually large increase in their electric bill, which a North Dakota official attributes in large part to the company’s move away from coal. Northern States Power Co., part of Minnesota-based…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – The Public Service Commission has scheduled a public hearing later this month on Xcel Energy’s proposed 19% electric rate increase in North Dakota. It’s the largest rate increase ever requested by Xcel for North Dakota’s 97,000 customers. The increase would bring in more than $44 million a year for Minnesota-based Xcel. The hearing will be held…
FILE – A fire burns in a home destroyed by the Marshall Wildfire in Louisville, Colo., Dec. 31, 2021. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey, File)DENVER (AP) — Xcel Energy said Wednesday it expects to pay about $640 million to settle lawsuits alleging it was responsible for starting Colorado’s most destructive wildfire that killed two people and destroyed nearly 1,000 homes in 2021….
ST. PAUL, Minn. (Minnesota Reformer) — Xcel Energy can retroactively reduce payments to most of the roughly 30,000 Minnesotans who subscribe to community solar gardens, the Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled on Monday in a significant victory for the utility company. The decision ratifies an earlier Minnesota Public Utilities Commission order that cut compensation for customers who subscribed to “legacy” gardens built…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — Grand Forks Fire Department responds to a gas line that was hit outside Grand Forks International Airport. It happened around 9 a.m. at 2806 Airport Drive. Airport Fire personnel started to evacuate the buildings adjacent to the leak. Xcel Energy was able to quickly stop the leak. After no signs of gas, airport operations returned…
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (KVRR) — Xcel Energy is moving forward with plans to deliver $25 million back to North Dakota and South Dakota customers on their bills. This is the first time customers will see savings from the federal tax credit on nuclear energy generation, which the company advocated for in recent law. Starting this month, the average residential customer in…
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (KVRR) — Xcel Energy is giving its customers in Minnesota an average refund of $81. Most of the refund is coming from federal tax credits on the energy generated by the company’s nuclear fleet. The credits were created under the Inflation Reduction Act. The nuclear energy generation tax credits will make up $176 million, about 55%, of the…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR-Prairie Public) – Xcel Energy’s North Dakota electric customers will see higher rates on their monthly bills. Xcel is asking for a 19.3 percent rate hike, which would add another $22.34 to the bill. The North Dakota Public Service Commission granted the utility an interim increase, while the Commission considers a rate case Xcel filed late in 2024….
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — This year’s summit explored the future of renewable energy, fossil fuels, technology advancements and shifts in public policy. “We focus on a wide variety of topics in the energy space so we look at everything from renewable energy and the next wave of energy we look at our traditional and critical energy sources. We’re looking at…
