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MINNEAPOLIS (Sept. 24, 2024) - Workers at Xcel Energy's Prairie Island Nuclear Plant began a nine-week refueling and maintenance effort on September 20, allowing the facility to continue providing reliable, carbon-free energy for more than one million ...

MINNEAPOLIS (Sept. 4, 2024) - Xcel Energy invites customers to join employees and their friends and families on Friday, September 13 and Saturday, September 14 for its 14th annual Day of Service, an opportunity to give back to their communities.Day of ...

MINNEAPOLIS (August 28, 2024) — Xcel Energy crews have restored power for 95% of customers affected by severe thunderstorms that brought heavy rain, hail and winds of 60-plus miles an hour to the Twin Cities Metro and western Wisconsin this week.About ...

MINNEAPOLIS (August 27, 2024) — Xcel Energy crews are making significant progress restoring power for customers after multiple rounds of severe thunderstorms brought heavy rain, hail and winds of 60-plus miles an hour to the Twin Cities Metro and ...

MINNEAPOLIS (August 27, 2024) — Xcel Energy crews are working to assess damage and safely restore power to about 150,000 customers in the Twin Cities Metro and western Wisconsin after multiple rounds of severe thunderstorms brought heavy rain, hail ...

MINNEAPOLIS (July 15, 2024) — Xcel Energy crews have restored power to about 90% of the customers affected by this weekend's storms, which brought heavy rain, lightning and straight-line winds across Minnesota and western Wisconsin.Over 1,200 workers ...

MINNEAPOLIS (July 14, 2024) — Xcel Energy crews are working to assess damage and safely restore power to about 75,000 customers as quickly as possible after storms brought heavy rain, lightning and straight-line winds overnight in the Twin Cities ...

MINNEAPOLIS (July 14, 2024) — Xcel Energy crews are making significant progress restoring power for customers after storms brought heavy rain, lightning and straight-line winds overnight in the Twin Cities Metro area.About 1,250 workers, including ...

MINNEAPOLIS (July 11, 2024) - Forecasts are calling for the Upper Midwest's first heat wave of the summer, with temperatures expected to top 90 degrees this weekend. Xcel Energy is encouraging customers to consider ways to save energy and keep their ...

MINNEAPOLIS (June 24, 2024) - Xcel Energy crews are working to safely restore power to about 600 customers in Rapidan, MN, following flooding that washed away an electrical substation serving the area. The company estimates all customers will be back ...