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Wednesday, October 19, 2011  Xcel Energy officials are threatening to cut solar rebates and energy-efficiency programs if Boulder voters approve a plan to break from Xcel and start a municipal utility.

Wednesday, August 25, 2010  The U.S. Chemical Safety Board will release a 15-minute safety video and its final report of its investigation into a tunnel fire that killed five workers at an Xcel Energy Inc. hydroelectric plant in Colorado.

Monday, August 23, 2010  The U.S. Chemical Safety Board is criticizing Xcel Energy for its handling of the aftermath of a tunnel fire that killed five California workers at a hydroelectric plant.

Thursday, August 12, 2010  A draft report on a tunnel fire that killed five workers at a Colorado hydroelectric plant accuses Xcel Energy and contractor RPI Coating of ignoring worker safety.

Wednesday, August 04, 2010  The Denver Fire Department says a drilling contractor ruptured a 12-inch gas main Tuesday afternoon.

Monday, July 19, 2010  The power is back on in Denver after an outage knocked out electricity to 25,000 customers.

Saturday, June 26, 2010  Denver's hot weather has not broken records yet, but it has led to some broken power lines and trees.

Friday, June 25, 2010  A federal judge has delayed a ruling on whether to block the release of a report into a tunnel fire that killed five workers nearly three years ago.

Friday, June 25, 2010  Xcel Energy is asking some Denver residents to conserve electricity because of a heat wave combined with damage to a substation.

Tuesday, June 08, 2010  Xcel hasn't determined what caused the explosion and fire, which came on the city's hottest day of the year so far. The temperature hit 94 degrees.

Friday, June 04, 2010  In a 2007 plan filed with state regulators, Xcel said it hoped to acquire 355 megawatts from solar power by 2015. On Friday, it asked to lower that to 185 megawatts.

Tuesday, June 01, 2010  Customers will be charged the lower rate of 0.098 per kilowatt hour for the first 500-kilowatt hours and 0.14 per kilowatt hour for use above 500 kilowatt hours, under the plan that will remain in place through September.

Wednesday, May 19, 2010  It says 20 miles of new overhead transmission lines will bring electrical output generated by the new turbines to the power grid.

Thursday, May 13, 2010  Black Hills CEO David Emery told investors last week the utility would file a request with the Colorado Public Utilities Commission to boost electricity rates 8 to 15 percent beginning in 2012 to help cover plant construction costs.

Monday, May 10, 2010  The university already has a 2-megawatt solar facility on its Foothills Campus west of Fort Collins that generates about 10 percent of the power needs on that campus.