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Utilities in Colorado, elsewhere speed up closure of coal-fired power plants despite Trump’s coal push
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Just last summer, Northern Indiana Public Service Co. planned to retire two of its five remaining coal-fired power plants by 2023. Now, it plans to do away with all of them over the next decade, and buy more solar and wind power instead. The Midwestern utility’s decision is part of a broader shift among American…
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Xcel a model for power-grid plan promoted to Congress
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WASHINGTON – Energy industry leaders at a congressional hearing described ambitions for a national electrical grid similar to the plan Xcel Energy, Colorado’s largest power utility, announced a day earlier. Democrats and some Republicans in Congress are seeking a power grid that relies more heavily on renewable energy without adding hefty costs for consumers. They…
