Tag: Xcel Energy

In Denver, Colo., Tom Plant, director of the Governor's Energy Office, is practically giddy. It's just days before the Democratic National Convention kicks off in Colorado's biggest city, and a long-sought goal in Gov. Bill Ritter's New Energy Economy program has just been met: Vestas, the Danish wind-turbine manufacturer, has announced its plan to open a new manufacturing plant just outside the city limits — its second in the state.

Building taller transmission towers is serious business for Xcel Energy and the company's lobbyists. Since May, Xcel has been trying to surpass a Denver...

The saying goes that a good lobbyist is a ubiquitous lobbyist. That is, being completely accessible to talk with public officials about a particular...

A bill that aims to give energy regulators more breathing room when it comes to setting policies for low-income utilities customers passed through a...