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While the "Lights Out Lunch" statewide program is designed to promote energy efficiency and the purchase of compact fluorescent bulbs, it also comes with dining perks. Those who sign up for the noon to 1 p.m. blackout will receive a discount coupon good...
Tags: Denver, Lunch, Chauncey Billups, Compact fluorescent lamp, Energy conservation, V2G, Xcel Energy
A North Dakota utility regulator is praising new computer software that's intended to help utility ratepayers reduce their energy use. More Business Public Service Commissioner Tony Clark says the Microsoft Hohm (Home) software may help development...
Tags: San Francisco, Hohm, Websites, Smart grid, Xcel Energy, Electrical grid, Electric power transmission systems, Electricity, V2G, Business Finance, Technology Internet, Environment
State regulators have approved Xcel Energy's request to increase power and radioactive waste storage at the Prairie Island nuclear plant. More Business The utility plans to spend $600 million to upgrade the plant so it can handle higher pressure and...
Tags: San Francisco, Nuclear power, Goodhue County Minnesota, Prairie Island Nuclear Power Plant, V2G, Xcel Energy, Nuclear technology, Environment
Microsoft Hohm , the software giant’s new home energy management system, is now available for the 3.4 million households served by utility Xcel Energy . This is the first time the tool, which makes energy use and pricing data available via a web interface...
Tags: Microsoft Hohm, energy management, Xcel Energy, Boulder, Hohm, GridPoint, Smart grid, Electrical grid, Current Communications Group, Business Finance, V2G, Electric power transmission systems, Technology Internet
a 3.9 percent increase in the bill for a typical residential customer. Xcel filed an application today with the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) for the rate increase starting in 2010, the Minneapolis-based utility said in a news release.
Tags: Xcel Energy Inc., natural gas, Minnesota Public Utilities Commission, gas rate, rate increase, PUC, Minneapolis, V2G, Xcel Energy, Business Finance
We've accomplished this with our unanimous Oct. 28 town council decision to adopt a streamlined development review process. In recent years, many of our development customers have noted the challenges that a longer development review process can present.
Tags: Silverthorne, Summit County Colorado, Silverthorne Colorado, Intel Atom, Business Finance, Hospitality Recreation, Xcel Energy
That translates to $5 more a month for the average residential customer. The utility had asked to raise rates by $190 million, citing construction and conservation costs and the recession. Commission Chairman Eric Callisto says the panel struck a balance...
Tags: Constellation Energy Group, Madison, Constellation Energy, Florida Power & Light, Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Business Finance, ᅢノlectricitᅢᄅ de France, Xcel Energy, Wisconsin Energy Corporation, Environment
The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission has approved a smaller electric rate increase than the one requested by Xcel Energy. The commission voted Tuesday to authorize a rate increase totaling $90 million to $92 million. That's about 70 percent of the...
Tags: Xcel Energy, rate increase, Canada, Saint Paul
00 AM MDT Xcel Energy, responding to a jump in natural-gas prices, is seeking an additional $12.8 million in rate adjustments to cover increased energy costs. Xcel filed its quarterly fuel adjustment with the Colorado Public Utilities Commission on Tuesday.
Tags: Colorado Public Utilities Commission, Xcel Energy, Russia, Kusa
The Obama administration is promoting the smart-grid concept and has provided $4 billion in funding. "That has really raised the level of activity," said Ed Legge, an analyst with the Edison Electric Institute, a trade organization. "But Xcel has been...
Tags: smart grid, Xcel Energy