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Ethanol makers complain about rising Great River Energy rates
Big users of electricity expect to pay high bills. But two ethanol producers say the wholesaler’s rates are too much.
Updated: June 02, 2013, - 09:36 AM
Pipeline would bring N.D. natural gas to Minnesota
The 400-mile line from the Bakken region would bring North Dakota’s natural gas bounty to an existing Minnesota pipeline.
Updated: May 31, 2013, - 08:50 PM
Xcel Energy won't join legal battle over park pollution
Xcel Energy Inc. must remain on the sidelines of a legal battle that could decide whether the utility’s coal-burning power...
Updated: May 29, 2013, - 07:46 PM
New Minnesota solar mandate law will give power companies a jolt
Large solar arrays are likely to sprout in Minnesota after lawmakers required Xcel and other big utilities to get 1.5% of their power from the sun by 2020.
Updated: May 28, 2013, - 10:14 AM
Xcel CEO favors cautious approach to solar
Xcel Energy chairman and CEO Ben Fowke discusses the company's position on adopting solar energy and other renewable resources.
Updated: May 27, 2013, - 06:30 AM
Xcel Energy changes top managers in Minnesota
In the face of regulatory challenges in Minnesota, Xcel Energy Inc. on Wednesday assigned a veteran executive to run its...
Updated: May 23, 2013, - 05:49 AM
Our sky-high gas prices expected to last until June
Heading into the Memorial Day weekend, Minnesota motorists are paying the highest prices ever for gasoline. The rapid run-up in prices...
Updated: May 21, 2013, - 09:26 AM
Minnesota's struggling ethanol makers hope to snap back in 2013
After a drought, record-high corn prices and plant shutdowns, ethanol producers say 2013 has to be better.
Updated: May 19, 2013, - 10:23 PM
Is Xcel's top spot in wind power in jeopardy?
An Iowa utility owned by Warren Buffett-led Berkshire Hathaway plans to add 656 wind turbines by the end of 2015.
Updated: May 11, 2013, - 06:57 AM
Minnesota Senate passes 1 percent solar mandate
The bill is less ambitious than a House measure passed Tuesday. Now, a conference committee must look for a compromise.
Updated: May 10, 2013, - 08:52 PM
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