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State regulators have ordered Xcel Energy to study the efficiency of its two oldest coal-fired plants. A report from the Minneapolis utility on long-term options for the Sherco Generation Station is due by July.

Xcel Energy Inc. is sending crews from Minnesota and other parts of its service area to the East Coast to help restore power in the wake of superstorm Sandy. Thirty Minnesota lineman and six managers, safety consultants and fleet mechanics volunteered to deploy with equipment and trucks from the Twin Cities early Wednesday.