6/2/2023 0 Comments Xce; energyXcel says its alternate plan saves about $600 million from its earlier proposal. ![]() It also would add more solar and wind power, as well as energy storage for renewable energy that would be added around 2030, at a site not yet determined. Xcel’s new plan still proposes to close all the region’s remaining coal plants by 2030, and keep the Monticello nuclear plant operating until at least 2040 - 10 years longer than its current license. ![]() In the alternate plan submitted to the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission on Friday, Xcel instead proposes adding four smaller natural gas facilities - two new ones in Lyon County and Fargo, N.D., and two repowered ones in the Twin Cities metro area and Wisconsin - that would run much less frequently. Bowing to calls to speed up its transition away from fossil fuels, Xcel Energy is proposing a new energy plan for the next 15 years that does not include building a controversial new natural gas plant in Becker.
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