Fire Chief Chris LeTendre said he felt helpless watching the top of a utility pole burn, dropping embers near an apartment ...

The top wind gust reported so far was a whopping 79 mph from a bowing line of storms that roared through overnight.

Xcel Energy worked to restore power to thousands of people in Minnesota after storms rolled through the state Saturday ...

Xcel Energy said it has received approval from the MMPUC to have its Prairie Island nuclear plant continue operations into ...

The Minnesota Solar Energy Industries Association calls the decision "a severe blow for Minnesotans" since cities, school ...

The Minnesota Wild, in partnership with the American Red Cross and HealthPartners, today announced they will host a blood ...

Starting next year, Xcel Energy customers will be able to take advantage of a program with electricity rates that vary based on the time of the day. Customers will need to voluntarily opt in to ...

In 2021, the average residential bill nationally was $116.70 a month, while Xcel's and Minnesota Power's bills were respectively $90.72 and $89.03, the PUC's analysis shows. Otter Tail's was $106. ...

The clean energy groups’ consultants used the same software program as Xcel to arrive at a plan to add a new 374 megawatt gas plant, 3,800-4,800 megawatts of wind, 400 megawatts of solar, and ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO)-- Xcel Energy has asked its natural gas customers in Minnesota to turn down their thermostats and reduce their natural gas use in order to avoid over-straining the power company ...

Xcel is already transitioning to time-of-use rates in Colorado. The company planned to launch the program in Minnesota in mid-to-late 2025 after completing a rollout of new energy meters underway ...

Xcel Energy oversaw the implosion of the former Minnesota Valley electric generation plant in Granite Falls on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022. The plant generated electricity from 1930 to 2004, and was ...