In Friday trading, Xcel Energy, Inc. shares are currently off about 0.5% on the day.
Analysts generally think investors should stand pat on Xcel, with 12 of 15 analysts rating it hold.
It says that Xcel is reluctant, and would prefer to invest more in combined cycle natural gas plants.
Neither Southern nor Xcel favor mandatory caps, noting that it would cause a spike in electricity prices for consumers.
The report also cited the strong quarterly dividend history at Xcel Energy, Inc.
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The facilities, for all three clubs, would be built near the Xcel centre.
Xcel Energy, Inc. shares are currently trading up about 3.1% on the day.
Xcel Energy, Inc. shares are currently trading down about 1% on the day.
Xcel Energy, Inc. shares are currently trading down about 0.4% on the day.
The 2.5-acre property has a 51-panel solar system with a 20-year assignable contract with utility company Xcel Energy.
Staff at the Xcel Energy Center should have been readying the arena.
Most of the nation's largest polluters of carbon dioxide, including energy companies American Electric Power, Southern Co. and Xcel Energy.
Xcel is not the first company to begin accepting responsibility for its carbon footprint by tying it to management compensation.
Xcel Energy, which is providing power to both conventions, will give delegates tours of wind farms in Minneapolis and Denver.
Minnesota utility Xcel Energy recently said that it had started including a sustainability quotient in its salary reviews and bonus allocations.
The system has certainly helped Xcel to run its grid more efficiently.
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Johnson notes that utilities Duke and Xcel have scaled back or postponed previously announced solar projects because of lower demand and high costs.
Moreover, the legal process will be both costly and lengthy, says Bob Bellemare, chief operating officer of New Mexico-based Mykrobel, which is advising Xcel.
For its part, the city says that renewable energy would immediately comprise half of its offerings for the same cost that its citizens now pay Xcel.
Xcel Energy (XEL) is expected to report poor fourth quarter earnings on Thursday, January 31, 2013 with analysts expecting a 3.4% drop in earnings from a year ago.
Connecticut, eight states, the City of New York and environmental groups sued AEP, Duke Energy, Cinergy, the Southern Co. and Xcel Energy to win court-ordered caps on CO2 emissions.
In one corner is a group called Consumers for United Rail Equity (CURE), which includes electric utilities like Entergy and Xcel Energy, and chemical companies like Dow and DuPont.
Among those utilities making that case is Xcel Energy, which has 3, 800 megawatts of wind power and which must provide such energy in those states that require it.
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Xcel Energy (nyse: XEL - news - people ), which is providing power to both conventions, will give delegates tours of wind farms in Minneapolis and Denver.
First West Coast utilities to join up include Puget Sound Energy, Sacramento Municipal Utility District, Seattle City Light, and Xcel Energy, and nope, none of those overlap with PowerMeter's first enlistees.
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Xcel Energy is one company that opposes a national "cap-and-trade" mechanism on carbon dioxide emissions, partly out of concern that it will promote dependence on natural gas, which has history of price volatility.
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