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Utility Providers Including Minnesota Power Suspend Disconnections, Late Fees
April 13, 2020 Fox 21 Local News Duluth Arman Rahman Citizens Utility Board and Minnesota Power Urge Customers to Call to arrange payment plan. DULUTH, Minn.- People struggling to keep up with heat, water, or electric bills due to the Coronavirus pandemic may find some relief from many utility providers. The Citizens Utility Board, a…
Minnesota clean energy legislation has one more obstacle this year with coronavirus
March 13, 2020 Star Tribune Mike Hughlett The Republicans and DFL plans are far apart, but there is more of a desire to reach an agreement this year. Minnesota lawmakers are once again jockeying to craft new clean energy legislation. And while they seem to be trying harder to reach an agreement this year, it’s…
As Xcel moves toward coal-free, will natural gas remain part of energy mix?
January 31, 2020 MPRnews Kirsti Marohn When Xcel Energy announced last year that it plans to stop burning coal in Minnesota by 2030, environmental groups applauded the company’s effort to curb greenhouse gas emissions linked to climate change. But one part of Xcel’s plan is being met with less enthusiasm: It’s proposing to replace a coal-fired power…
Xcel plan to idle coal plants could save millions, slash carbon emissions; could Wisconsin utilities do the same?
January 11, 2020 Wisconsin State Journal Chris Hubbuch Minnesota’s Xcel Energy says it can save ratepayers up to $30 million a year and eliminate millions of tons of greenhouse gas emissions by idling two coal plants six months a year and changing the way they operate in the others. Environmental groups are hailing the plan…
Utilities Have Big Plans to Cut Emissions, But They’re Struggling to Shed Fossil Fuels
January 6, 2020 Inside Climate News Dan Gearino Even a renewable energy leader like Xcel, one of the first to pledge net zero emissions by mid-century, is finding it hard to end coal without adding natural gas. As major U.S. utilities began making pledges this past year to cut their greenhouse gas emissions to net-zero,…