Xcel’s costly coal exit: Public interest group warns plan could stick consumers with the tab
By Catie Cheshire | Westword
One consumer protection group is calling for the Colorado Public Utilities Commission to shrink Xce's giant proposal.
As Xcel Energy works to decommission coal plants across Colorado, one proposal is catching heat.
Watchdog organization Colorado Public Interest Research Group believes Xcel’s proposal to replace the Comanche 3 coal plant in Pueblo will result in unnecessary costs to customers. The group's executive director Danny Katz, says the proposal is too big for southern Colorado as his organization calls on the Colorado Public Utilities Commission to pare back the proposal.
According to Xcel’s filings with the PUC, the utility wants to replace energy production from Comanche 3’s coal units with a mix of wind, solar and natu...
