FARGO, N.D. — Xcel Energy is urging its customers to make sure their gas meters and other equipment are cleared of snow and ice. It’s important so natural gas doesn’t build up from clogged vents. You should also make sure melting snow isn’t dripping on your gas meter. Gently move snow with a shovel or brush and never a snow blower….
MOORHEAD, MN — Natural gas service has been restored to all customers of Xcel Energy in Moorhead. Gas equipment was hit by a snow plow at 8th Street and 16th Avenue South on Thursday night cutting off the gas to nearly one thousand customers. Xcel had more than 100 crew members working through Friday and into Saturday to restore service. They…
MOORHEAD, Minn. — Xcel Energy says nearly one thousand customers in Moorhead should expect to have gas service restored tonight after a leak happened around 11:00 Thursday night. Xcel Energy crews made the decision in order to safely make repairs to the Moorhead area after a snow plow struck and damaged gas equipment at 16th Avenue South and 8th Street South….
Xcel Energy has lifted a request to its Minnesota natural gas customers to lower their thermostats, as concerns about conserving gas eases with the warmup in the forecast. The utility is also working to restore gas service to about 150 customers in Princeton, Minnesota, who lost their heat as temperatures dipped to around 20 below Tuesday night. Xcel was asking…
FARGO, N.D. — If you have any old Christmas lights you want to get rid of, now’s your chance to do so while also helping the environment. e-Fargo is collecting any lights that aren’t LED, even if they’re broken. You can exchange for new, solar-powered LED bulbs during Frostival’s Kids Bootcamp on Saturday at Scheels Arena from 10 to 1 p.m….
FARGO, N.D. — A drunk driver caused a power outage Tuesday night for 200 Xcel Energy customers in north Fargo. Police say 30-year-old Mark Reinhart of Fargo was speeding when he lost control of his vehicle and slammed into a power pole around 9:30 Tuesday night. The crash near the corner of 10th street and 13th avenue north cut the power…
Courtesy: Xcel EnergyFARGO, N.D. – 3,409 Xcel Energy customers are in the dark because of a power outage. The majority of the outages are in the area of 13th Avenue and 25th Street South. One customer near University Drive also is without power. The Xcel Energy website says power is estimated to be restored by 9:30 PM and “crews are…
FARGO, N.D. — Residents of Heartland Apartments in north Fargo were notified told their complex is being demolished. The people who live in Heartland Apartments were notified Tuesday that their building is set for demolition. The apartment building was built on the site of a former gas plant that was used to fuel downtown Fargo’s street lights back in the…
FARGO, N.D. — If you live at Heartland Apartment Homes in Fargo, you most likely woke up to a heartbroken letter this morning. “I’m kind of disappointed,” tenant Tracy Shaw said. “When I moved here a year ago I thought that this would be a forever home for me.” Tracy’s “forever home” will now only be a place to live…
BISMARCK, N.D. — Gov. Doug Burgum’s trip to the Super Bowl as a guest of Xcel Energy included free invitations to private parties, meals and other events. The Associated Press discovered the invitations through an open records request. Burgum said earlier that he reimbursed Xcel $37,000 for tickets the company provided for him and his wife to “eliminate even the…
