Colorado Energy Company Volunteers to Shutter Two Coal Plants. By Cathy Proctor, Denver Business Journal, August 20, 2008. "State regulators have approved a plan by Xcel Energy to shut down two coal-fired power plants in Colorado, citing benefits to public health and concerns about carbon-dioxide emissions. It's the first time in the nation a utility has volunteered, and regulators have approved, a plan to shut down power plants because of CO2 emissions… The closures are two to four years away, and Xcel has proposed using natural gas to make up for the lost power supplies. 'In reaching the decision the commission was trying to move Xcel Energy toward carbon reduction goals that Gov. [Bill] Ritter has outlined in his climate action plan," [Colorado Public Utilities Commission] spokesman Terry Bote said Wednesday... Xcel… is Colorado's largest utility, serving about 70% of the population."
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