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Xcel’s plan to shutter 2 Colorado coal-fired plants called ‘momentous’
A Colorado Public Utilities Commission hearing Thursday on Xcel Energy’s plan to close coal-fired plants and boost renewable energy drew an overflow crowd that included a mother with a babe in arms, a middle school student, a math professor, a former Peace Corps worker and representatives of farmers and rural areas-all in favor of the…
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Gov. John Hickenlooper unveils Colorado’s plan to charge up electric vehicles
Gov. John Hickenlooper said he doesn’t drive himself around as governor, but next year when he’s term-limited out of office and is again a civilian, he’ll motor around the state in an electric vehicle. He’ll be able to do that more reliably because of the plan he rolled out Wednesday morning to spur the placement…
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Xcel workers march on downtown Denver headquarters for better pay
As union workers for Xcel Energy marched on its downtown Denver headquarters Friday, their CEO’s salary was used as bargaining chip. The company and its employees are locked in a union contract negotiations that IBEW Local 111 Xcel Energy Employees says will hurt the company’s 3,783 employees in Colorado, Colorado Politics told you Friday. “Xcel…
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Union members to rally for a better contract at Xcel Energy in Denver Friday
Union workers are expected to march on Xcel Energy’s headquarters at 18th and Larimer streets at lunchtime Friday. IBEW Local 111 Xcel Energy Employees said Thursday evening that the unionists would “be joined by community leaders, retirees, elected officials and their families” to protest a company decision in their contract they say will reduce wages…