Bob Frenzel has been named president and chief operating officer of Xcel Energy and Brian Van Abel will be the company’s chief financial officer, both effective March 31.

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Refunds are in store for customers of the four largest for-profit utilities in Wisconsin.

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A Minnesota utility that that paved the way by using drones to inspect transmission lines is now using them to build one.

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High winds have knocked out power to thousands of people in Wisconsin.

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Xcel Energy said on Monday it plans to retire its two remaining coal plants in the Upper Midwest by 2030, a decade earlier than scheduled, bringing praise from environmental groups.

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Most of the tens of thousands of people who lost electricity during a severe snow storm in the Upper Midwest have their power back on.

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A central Minnesota city that is home to the largest coal-fired plant in the Upper Midwest is looking to diversify the local economy as Xcel Energy plans to retire most of the generators at the plant in the next seven years.

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A high-voltage power line built across western Wisconsin has been put into service after almost three years of construction.

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A utility serving 3.6 million electricity customers in Wisconsin and seven other states said on Tuesday it will try to eliminate all its carbon emissions from electrical generation by 2050.

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Heavy rains pounded Wisconsin and Minnesota Monday night, prompting evacuation orders for about 100 residents in one small Wisconsin town and flash flooding in parts of Minnesota, where people at a council meeting briefly took cover in a basement.

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