Xcel is the nation’s largest utility wind power provider and has set new records for single-day and one-hour wind-energy production in Colorado. For the first time on October 2, wind generation supplied more than half of its Colorado customers’ energy, averaging 54 percent. Almost all of that wind energy was produced within Colorado. Xcel also set a new […]
Colorado: A Key Place for Renewable Energy
May 4, 2015 by Leave a Comment
NextEra Energy Resources LLC, the biggest renewable-energy power company in North America, is spending another $640 million on two massive new wind farms in eastern Colorado. That’s on top of the $2 billion the company has already invested in seven existing wind farms in Colorado that collectively generate 1,175 megawatts worth of power. The company […]
Monthly Utility Bills Could Go Down
April 15, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Monthly utility bills from XCEL will get smaller over the next three months. XCELl recently stated that it expects monthly utility bills that include both electricity and natural gas to drop about $9.58, or about 9 percent. The wholesale price of natural gas, which XCEL sells to customers for their furnaces and burns to create […]