News Releases

EAU CLAIRE, Wisconsin (April 6, 2020) - Due to high river flows, the boat restraining barriers upstream of the company's hydro plants in St. Croix Falls and Jim Falls are not in place at this time. While the boat barrier upstream of the main spillway ...

MINNEAPOLIS (April 6, 2020) - Xcel Energy announced today it will sell the Mankato Energy Center, a natural gas-fired power plant, to Denver-based Southwest Generation for $680 million, and plans to use the net gain on the sale to fund its corporate ...

AMARILLO, Texas (March 30, 2020) - Xcel Energy crews are taking extra safety precautions as they continue working in the field to maintain the critical infrastructure that keeps the lights on for customers. The government has designated the work they ...

Eau Claire, Wisconsin (March 30, 2020) - Xcel Energy electricity and natural gas crews are taking extra safety precautions as they continue working in the field to maintain the critical infrastructure that keeps the lights on and the gas flowing to ...

Minneapolis (March 30, 2020) - Xcel Energy electricity and natural gas crews are taking extra safety precautions as they continue working in the field to maintain the critical infrastructure that keeps the lights on and the gas flowing to keep ...

Denver, Colorado (March 30, 2020) - Xcel Energy electricity and natural gas crews are taking extra safety precautions as they continue working in the field to maintain the critical infrastructure that keeps the lights on and the gas flowing to keep ...

Eau Claire, Wisconsin (March 27, 2020) - Xcel Energy announced today the company is donating 20,000 protective surgical masks to help combat the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in western Wisconsin."Xcel Energy is committed to our communities and doing our ...

AMARILLO, Texas (March 26, 2020) - The cost of electricity for thousands of customers in the Texas Panhandle and South Plains will drop April 1 when Xcel Energy lowers its monthly fuel cost factor to reflect historically low natural gas prices and the ...

TREGO, Wisconsin (March 23, 2020) - On Monday, April 6, residents below Xcel Energy's Trego Hydroelectric Project, about eight miles north of Spooner, will hear a distinctive siren and voice message. At approximately 11 a.m., Xcel Energy, in ...

DENVER, COLORADO (March 18, 2020) With a significant storm predicted to hit the Front Range this evening, Xcel Energy is staging employees who will work to get the lights back on if customers lose power during the storm. We also have tips customers ...