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Xcel Energy says they'll be closing Sherco Plant 3 in Becker in 2030. The company's announcement Monday includes the retirement of its last two coal plants in the Upper Midwest a decade earlier than scheduled.

State utility regulators have approved Xcel Energy's plans to retire two of the three units at Minnesota's largest power plant. The shutdown of coal-fired generators at Xcel's Sherco facility in Becker by 2026 will eliminate the state's largest emitter of greenhouse gases.

We told you on Friday that Xcel Energy is planning on shutting down two of the three coal-fired units at the Sherco power plant in Becker. They'll be retired in 2023 and 2026. Becker Mayor Lefty Kleis says the job losses will hurt the community.

Xcel Energy has announced a plan to retire two of the three units at Minnesota's largest power plant, its Sherco facility in Becker. The Minneapolis-based utility says it's part of a strategy to cut its carbon emissions 60 percent by 2030.

There was a huge crowd in Becker last (Monday) night discussing the future of the Sherco Power Plant. The Minnesota State Legislature's Jobs and Energy Committee held a public hearing at the Community Center.

Clean air advocates, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and a subsidiary of Xcel Energy have reached a settlement that will reduce emissions from the Sherco plant in Sherburne County.

"Your Town Tuesday" wraps up the series with a trip to Becker. We visited the Sherburne County Generating Plant to learn about their community involvement and took a dip in the pool at the Becker Community Center.

Xcel Energy Inc. and other plaintiffs are suing General Electric Co., claiming it hid a known defect in a turbine that broke down at one of its plants and led to millions of dollars in losses.

The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission has told Xcel Energy to study retiring the two oldest units at its Sherco power plant. The PUC decided Thursday that Xcel should consider various retirement scenarios as part of a long-range plan that's due in July.

Unit 3 at Xcel Energy's Sherco Generating Station in Becker is up and running again, after nearly two years of being off-line. The failure of Unit 3 happened on November 19th, 2011 during turbine testing as it was being returned to service following a maintenance outage.