International Business News - XEL http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo says Xcel Energy Inc. has agreed to disclose risks to investors from its stake in coal-burning power plants and any related liability from global warming, lawsuits and new regulations or laws. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080827/cuomo-says-xcel-will-disclose-global-warming-risks.htm Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:09:13 EDT About 4,400 Xcel Energy Inc. customers who were not charged for natural gas they used last winter are facing unexpected bills for $200 or more as the utility tries to collect, North Dakota regulators say. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080731/nd-regulators-intervene-in-xcel-gas-billing-snafu.htm Thu, 31 Jul 2008 10:28:01 EDT Republicans are counting on a glitch-free convention to help lift the party's sagging morale and boost John McCain's presidential prospects when they assemble in this picturesque city on the Mississippi River in six weeks. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080721/republicans-hoping-for-a-grand-old-party-in-minn.htm Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:37:57 EDT Republicans are counting on a glitch-free convention to help lift the party's sagging morale and boost John McCain's presidential prospects when they assemble in this picturesque city on the Mississippi River in six weeks. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/94705-gop-convention.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080721/republicans-hoping-for-a-grand-old-party-in-minn.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080721/republicans-hoping-for-a-grand-old-party-in-minn.htm Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:06:30 EDT North Dakota homeowners should brace themselves for "truly frightening" increases in their winter heating bills, judging from the abnormally high natural gas prices that are prevailing this summer, state regulators say. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080717/heat-bills-for-nd-homeowners-may-be-frightening.htm Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:49:06 EDT Xcel Energy Inc. expects to turn off power to 47,000 Colorado customers in the second and third quarters this year because they failed to pay their bill on time. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/xcel-expects-to-shut-off-power-to-47-000-customers.htm Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:42:30 EDT New Mexico's largest electric utility is being praised by an environmental group for being ahead in the renewable energy game. The state Legislature last year began requiring that investor-owned utilities such as Public Service Company of New Mexico generate 20 percent of their total retail sales to New Mexico customers from renewable energy resources by 2020. The standard will gradually rise to that level from a current base of 6 percent. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080710/pnm-other-utilities-meet-renewable-energy-level.htm Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:14:27 EDT Four of New Mexico's largest electricity providers have issued a request for proposals for the development of a solar power generation facility. Public Service Company of New Mexico, El Paso Electric, Xcel Energy and Colorado-based Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association say they want the plant to provide solar electricity by 2012. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080701/new-mexico-utilities-partner-on-solar-project.htm Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:39:54 EDT A 570-foot smokestack that's part of a power plant in St. Paul will soon be a pile of dust. Minneapolis-based Xcel Energy Inc. plans to implode the smokestack Saturday morning. The utility said the 36-year-old structure is being brought down to make way for cleaner technology. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080627/xcel-energy-to-implode-smokestack-in-minn-city.htm Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:59:34 EDT Utility owner Xcel Energy Inc. spent $650,000 in the first quarter lobbying on energy and environmental issues, according to a recent disclosure form. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080627/xcel-energy-spent-650-000-on-lobbying-in-1q.htm Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:39:01 EDT Colorado's largest utility says the price of natural gas used to fire up many of its power plants has gone up, causing residential electric bills to rise about 10 percent this summer. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080618/rising-fuel-prices-raises-colo-electric-bills.htm Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:29:57 EDT Five years ago this week, a federal election regulator predicted that corporate sponsorship of political conventions would eventually be as common as it is for football bowl games. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080604/loophole-lets-corporations-fund-political-conventions.htm Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:44:01 EDT Xcel Energy has launched a $100 million "smart grid" project in Boulder that will use technology to help customers conserve more energy while helping the utility reduce outages. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/xcel-energy-launches-smart-grid-in-boulder.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 17:42:19 EDT The glowing amber dot on a light switch in the entryway of George Tsapoitis' house offers a clue about the future of electricity. A few times this summer, when millions of air conditioners strain the Toronto region's power grid, that pencil-tip-sized amber dot will blink. It will be asking Tsapoitis to turn the switch off _ unless he's already programmed his house to make that move for him. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/43776-future-of-electricity.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080503/smarter-electric-grid-could-be-key-to-saving-power.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080503/smarter-electric-grid-could-be-key-to-saving-power.htm Sat, 03 May 2008 14:17:21 EDT Among the earnings stories for Thursday, May 1, from AP Financial News: MINNEAPOLIS (AP) _ Utility company Xcel Energy Inc. said Thursday its first-quarter profit rose 28 percent as higher electric and natural-gas margins helped offset increased expenses. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080501/earnings-roundup-xcel-energy-revlon.htm Thu, 01 May 2008 11:10:47 EDT Utility company Xcel Energy Inc. said Thursday its first-quarter profit rose 28 percent as higher electric and natural-gas margins helped offset increased expenses. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080501/utility-company-xcel-energys-1st-qtr-profit-up-26-percent.htm Thu, 01 May 2008 08:55:50 EDT A new report from the American Wind Energy Association says South Dakota ranks fifth nationally in terms of the percentage of its electricity that comes from wind farms. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080421/south-dakota-ranks-5th-nationally-in-wind-power.htm Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:56:04 EDT Federal regulators on Monday proposed more than $1 million in penalties against the two companies involved in a fatal tunnel fire last year in Colorado. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080324/xcel-rpi-face-fines-in-fatal-fire.htm Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:54:16 EDT Shares of multi-utility companies were mostly higher Thursday afternoon as bargain hunters emerged to spur a broad market rally. American Electric Power Co. rose 56 cents to $40.83. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080320/closing-glance-multi-utilities-rise.htm Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:08:13 EDT Xcel Energy Inc. spent about $2.7 million in 2007 to lobby on energy spending and investment legislation. The energy company spent $980,000 in the second half of 2007 to lobby Congress, according to a disclosure form posted online Feb. 14 by the Senate's public records office. It lobbied on energy and water development spending bills. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080319/xcel-spent-2-7m-lobbying-in-2007.htm Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:21:51 EDT