News Releases

Minneapolis (Dec. 28, 2021) - As the year draws to a close, Xcel Energy is thanking its employees for volunteering their time and donating money to support important causes in the communities the company serves. Xcel Energy employees volunteered more ...

Minneapolis (December 20, 2021) - Bob Frenzel, Xcel Energy's president and CEO, today announced that Brett Carter will be named group president, Utilities and chief customer officer and that Jeff Savage will be chief audit and financial services ...

Minneapolis (Dec. 16, 2021) - Xcel Energy crews are working safely and as quickly as possible to assess damage and restore power to customers after an extreme wind event rolled through Minnesota yesterday and today. The winds knocked down power poles, ...

EAU CLAIRE, Wisconsin (Dec. 16, 2021) - Xcel Energy crews continue to work as quickly and safely as possible to assess damage and restore power to customers after a line of severe thunderstorms and high winds rolled through Wisconsin last night ...

EAU CLAIRE, Wisconsin (Dec. 16, 2021-4:30 p.m.) - Despite relentless winds and dropping temperatures, Xcel Energy crews made significant progress today restoring power to customers after a line of severe thunderstorms, high winds and one confirmed ...

DENVER (December 15, 2021) - Xcel Energy crews are working as quickly as possible to safely restore power to customers experiencing an outage during the severe wind event that is moving through Colorado today. As of 2 p.m., more than 50,000 customers ...

DENVER (December 15, 2021) - Xcel Energy crews will work through the night to continue restoring power to customers impacted by the extreme wind event that hit Colorado today. Heading into the evening, roughly 31,000 customers remain without power.The ...

DENVER (December 14, 2021) With significant winds predicted to hit the along the Front Range and Eastern Plains this week, Xcel Energy is staging employees who will work to get the lights back on if customers lose power during the windstorm. We also ...

Minneapolis (Dec. 13, 2021) -Xcel Energy announced plans today to recognize Ben Fowke, executive chairman at Xcel Energy, by renaming the Grand Meadow wind farm in southern Minnesota the Ben Fowke Wind Energy Center. Fowke, who retires at the end of ...

Sioux Falls-Dec. 9, 2021—With significant snowfall predicted to hit parts of the Upper Midwest Friday, Xcel Energy is gearing up additional crews who will work to get the lights back on if customers lose power during the storm. We also have many tips ...