XCEL energy

Xcel Energy is reporting success in mitigating copper theft this year as theft is down 24 percent during the same period, reports the Senior Protection Services Consultant for Xcel Energy in Amarillo Chris Shelton.

Xcel Energy has announced the cancellation of a surcharge intended to go into effect on November 1, 2014, due to falling natural gas prices.

Xcel Energy has announced a rate hike to take place in October and has asked for permission to levy another beginning in November.

The South Plains region centering on Plainview will be the focus of a series of significant capital improvement projects put in place by Xcel Energy. According to Xcel, electrical power demand has continued to rise in the region as farmers continue use more electricity for irrigation purposes...

Xcel says that they are currently spending more on fuel costs than it is taking in from customer fuel charges, which make up about half of a typical residential customer's monthly bill.

Last year, Xcel Energy sold a portion of a transmission line running from Hobbs, New Mexico to Midland, Texas to Sharyland Distribution and Transmission Services.

Thursday evening, the Lubbock City Council held their final regularly scheduled meeting for the month of January. The council unanimously approved two agenda items that piqued some interest during the week. The first item was to change the zoning for the Myrick-Green Building in downtown Lubbock...

Xcel Energy today filed an application with the Public Utility Commission of Texas for a base rate increase for retail electric customers. The filing does not affect customers of rural co-ops. If the rate hike is approved, an average residential customer using 1,000 kilowatt hours per month would see their bill increase by $10...

Several area customers have said that impersonators are seeking to obtain payment either over the phone or in person.

Xcel Energy is seeking an additional $13 million in annual revenues to cover costs associated with a $173 million investment of new and updated high-voltage transmission lines built in Texas.