News Releases

MINNEAPOLIS (February 10, 2021)- At the end of 2020, Xcel Energy became one of the first energy providers in the United States to reach 10,000 megawatts of wind energy capacity online for customers in the states it serves. The milestone is powered by ...

Duluth, Minnesota (Feb. 9, 2021) — ALLETE Clean Energy, a wholly owned subsidiary of ALLETE Inc. (NYSE: ALE), will repower and expand the Northern Wind site, consisting of the Chanarambie and Viking wind projects in southwest Minnesota, by replacing ...

MINNEAPOLIS (Feb. 03, 2021) - As part of its continuing commitment to local communities, Xcel Energy today announced it has donated a total of $350,000 to 14 Minneapolis and St. Paul nonprofit organizations working to advance racial equity and rebuild ...

Minneapolis (Jan. 21, 2020) - For the seventh year in a row Xcel Energy has been honored as one of the World's Most Admired Companies by Fortune Magazine. The Minneapolis-based utility ranked among the most admired gas and electric companies in the ...

MINNEAPOLIS (Jan. 4, 2021) - Xcel Energy is seeking proposals to add approximately 500 megawatts of new large-scale solar near the existing Sherco Power Plant in Becker, Minn. The new renewable energy will continue the company's efforts to lead the ...

ASHLAND, Wisconsin (Dec. 3, 2020)- For the first time in more than a century, Xcel Energy will no longer use coal as a backup fuel at its Bay Front biomass power plant in Ashland, Wis., as the last shovel of coal was burned in the plant's boilers on ...

Minneapolis (Nov. 20, 2020) - Xcel Energy was recognized by PA Consulting as a recipient of the 2020 ReliabilityOne® Award for Outstanding Reliability Performance in the Plains suburban/rural service area - recognizing the very best suburban/rural ...

ROSWELL, New Mexico (Nov. 17, 2020) - In spite of the pandemic and the economic slump it brought, prospects for southeastern New Mexico's economy are strong, and Xcel Energy's new 345-kilovolt Eddy County to Kiowa transmission line is now in service ...

Fargo, North Dakota (Dec. 3, 2020) - After a near 40-year career with Xcel Energy, Mark Nisbet, Principal Manager for the company in North Dakota, will retire effective Jan. 15, 2021. With Nisbet's retirement, Xcel Energy has hired Tony Grindberg to ...

Eau Claire, Wisconsin- (Nov. 12, 2020) - Today, Xcel Energy is launching a new electric vehicle program for residential customers that would simplify and significantly lower the cost to install EV chargers at their homes."By transitioning to electric ...