News Releases

MINNEAPOLIS (July 24, 2023) - With temperatures expected to climb toward triple digits this week across the Upper Midwest, Xcel Energy is encouraging customers to consider ways to save energy and keep their bills low. Home cooling can account for ...

MINNEAPOLIS (July 20, 2023) - Monitoring systems at Xcel Energy's Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant have determined that groundwater containing very low levels of tritium may be present near the edge of the Mississippi River. In the river water ...

MINNEAPOLIS (July 6, 2023) - Xcel Energy today received approval from state regulators to construct a multi-day energy storage system that will help maximize the company's use of renewable energy and maintain grid reliability through extreme ...

MINNEAPOLIS (June 27, 2023) - Xcel Energy announced today a $10,000 grant to MAD DADS, a Minneapolis-based nonprofit that offers safe, positive youth programming and job creation, as part of the Xcel Energy Foundation's 2023 Employee Choice Grant ...

MINNEAPOLIS (6-24-23) — Xcel Energy crews are in the field working to restore power for customers in the Twin Cities Metro after strong winds caused equipment damage which resulted in outages impacting approximately 30,000 customers. Because we plan ...

MINNEAPOLIS (June 19, 2023) - Xcel Energy is ready as temperatures rise this summer and energy use increases, and the company is sharing ways customers in the Upper Midwest can stay comfortable while saving energy and money.Xcel Energy is working to ...

MINNEAPOLIS (June 7, 2023) — Today, the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) and the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) announced a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Xcel Energy to work toward providing federal ...

Bob Frenzel (right), chairman, president and CEO of Xcel Energy signs a national statement backing the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), as Thomas J. Simonet (left), Chair, ESGR-MN looks on.MINNEAPOLIS (05/23/23) - Last week, Bob ...

MINNEAPOLIS (May 22, 2023) — Construction is springing to life on the Sherco Solar project near Becker, which will soon become the Upper Midwest's largest solar array serving customers across the region, and today Xcel Energy held a groundbreaking ...

MINNEAPOLIS (May 8, 2023) - Xcel Energy is proposing to add an additional 250-megawatt solar project near the existing Sherco plant site in Becker, Minnesota, which will soon be home to the Upper Midwest's largest solar development and represents an ...