Xcel Energy

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.

A St. Cloud road will be temporarily closed Wednesday as Xcel Energy conducts a natural gas burn off.

This week in our "Behind the Scenes" series on WJON, we work on restoring your power with Xcel Energy when an outage occurs. The team at Xcel Energy is always one step ahead before a power outage occurs constantly planning for every situation.

Xcel Energy says it has approval from federal regulators to use drones to inspect more than 320,000 miles of electric and natural gas infrastructure.

The power is back on after thousands were without power this afternoon in Waite Park and west St. Cloud.

Several Xcel Energy customers on the west side of the St. Cloud metro area dealt with a without power this (Wednesday) morning. Xcel says they had two outages, that impacted nearly 2,500 customers in the Westwood neighborhood in St. Cloud, as well as parts of Waite Park, Sartell, and St. Joseph.

Construction is underway to expand the Abbey Solar Farm at St. John's University, with more solar panels being added to the current array.

The recent heavy snowfall is prompting Xcel Energy to remind customers to keep your natural gas meter free of snow and ice this winter.

A contractor is suing Xcel Energy Inc. alleging $45 million in unpaid cost overruns during an 18-month overhaul of the Prairie Island nuclear power plant near Red Wing.