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ABC news reports that Xcel Energy (NYSE:XEL)is moving forward plans to retire coal-powered generators intended to close by 2022 to 2017.
ABC news reports that Xcel (NYSE:XEL) Energy is moving forward plans to retire coal-powered generators intended to close by 2022 to 2017.
The story quotes as saying:
As required by a new state law, Xcel Energy Inc. submitted a plan to substantially cut emissions to help the state meet foreseeable federal air standards by adding emissions controls at some plants, retiring some coal-fired units and switching some to run on natural gas. That plan wouldn’t have been fully implemented until 2022, when Xcel said it wanted to shut down the coal-fired Cherokee 4 unit in Denver.
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