#xcelenergy — Public Fediverse posts

Nice #XcelEnergy direct customized guilting in their “help conserve” phone calls..

“…energy action day on Tuesday, July 14. You were the 67th most energy efficient home out of approximately 100 similarly sized homes…”

I get it…
#smartMeter

Nice #XcelEnergy direct customized guilting in their “help conserve” phone calls..

“…energy action day on Tuesday, July 14. You were the 67th most energy efficient home out of approximately 100 similarly sized homes…”

I get it…
#smartMeter

Nice #XcelEnergy direct customized guilting in their “help conserve” phone calls..

“…energy action day on Tuesday, July 14. You were the 67th most energy efficient home out of approximately 100 similarly sized homes…”

I get it…
#smartMeter

Nice #XcelEnergy direct customized guilting in their “help conserve” phone calls..

“…energy action day on Tuesday, July 14. You were the 67th most energy efficient home out of approximately 100 similarly sized homes…”

I get it…
#smartMeter

Nice #XcelEnergy direct customized guilting in their “help conserve” phone calls..

“…energy action day on Tuesday, July 14. You were the 67th most energy efficient home out of approximately 100 similarly sized homes…”

I get it…
#smartMeter

State launching study to determine whether to lift moratorium on new nuclear power plants https://www.byteseu.com/2131679/ #Energy #Monticello #Nuclear #NuclearEnergy #PilarPedraza #XcelEnergy

How Xcel’s Google Data Center and EV Grid Projects Will Impact Xcel Energy (XEL) Investors

Xcel Energy recently highlighted in its latest Sustainability Report how it has been strengthening its grid, cutting power-sector…
#Energy #cleanenergy #datacenter #FairValue #Googledatacenter #XcelEnergy
https://www.europesays.com/3040490/

How Xcel’s Google Data Center and EV Grid Projects Will Impact Xcel Energy (XEL) Investors https://www.byteseu.com/2079101/ #CleanEnergy #DataCenter #Energy #FairValue #GoogleDataCenter #XcelEnergy

Xcel Energy offers backup battery rebates to medical device users https://www.byteseu.com/1955026/ #BackupBatteryRebate #ColoradoCenterOnLawAndPolicy #Energy #MedicalDevicesPowerShutOff #PowerShutoff #WildfireMitigationDenver #XcelEnergy #XcelPSPS

https://www.europesays.com/ch/53071/ Xcel Energy seen as undervalued as UBS lifts price target #EarningsGrowth #target #UBS #WildfireRisk #XcelEnergy

Xcel Energy disputes report that they paid $0 in federal income tax last year

Four Minnesota-based companies are accused of paying no federal income taxes during 2025, according to a new report…
#Energy #Tax #XcelEnergy
https://www.europesays.com/2927736/

‘World’s largest battery’ to help run #Google’s new #cleanenergy #datacenter
Powered by 1.9GW of clean energy from #wind and #solar, coupled with a 300MW battery, claimed to be ‘world’s largest’, with a 30-gigawatt-hour (GWh) capacity and 100-hour duration.
Google is currently working with #XcelEnergy to build 1.4GW of wind power and 200MW of solar power, both of which will feed #FormEnergy’s #battery, helping the data center operate on clean energy for longer periods.
https://interestingengineering.com/energy/worlds-largest-battery-plan-for-google

‘World’s largest battery’ to help run #Google’s new #cleanenergy #datacenter
Powered by 1.9GW of clean energy from #wind and #solar, coupled with a 300MW battery, claimed to be ‘world’s largest’, with a 30-gigawatt-hour (GWh) capacity and 100-hour duration.
Google is currently working with #XcelEnergy to build 1.4GW of wind power and 200MW of solar power, both of which will feed #FormEnergy’s #battery, helping the data center operate on clean energy for longer periods.
https://interestingengineering.com/energy/worlds-largest-battery-plan-for-google

‘World’s largest battery’ to help run #Google’s new #cleanenergy #datacenter
Powered by 1.9GW of clean energy from #wind and #solar, coupled with a 300MW battery, claimed to be ‘world’s largest’, with a 30-gigawatt-hour (GWh) capacity and 100-hour duration.
Google is currently working with #XcelEnergy to build 1.4GW of wind power and 200MW of solar power, both of which will feed #FormEnergy’s #battery, helping the data center operate on clean energy for longer periods.
https://interestingengineering.com/energy/worlds-largest-battery-plan-for-google

‘World’s largest battery’ to help run #Google’s new #cleanenergy #datacenter
Powered by 1.9GW of clean energy from #wind and #solar, coupled with a 300MW battery, claimed to be ‘world’s largest’, with a 30-gigawatt-hour (GWh) capacity and 100-hour duration.
Google is currently working with #XcelEnergy to build 1.4GW of wind power and 200MW of solar power, both of which will feed #FormEnergy’s #battery, helping the data center operate on clean energy for longer periods.
https://interestingengineering.com/energy/worlds-largest-battery-plan-for-google

‘World’s largest battery’ to help run #Google’s new #cleanenergy #datacenter
Powered by 1.9GW of clean energy from #wind and #solar, coupled with a 300MW battery, claimed to be ‘world’s largest’, with a 30-gigawatt-hour (GWh) capacity and 100-hour duration.
Google is currently working with #XcelEnergy to build 1.4GW of wind power and 200MW of solar power, both of which will feed #FormEnergy’s #battery, helping the data center operate on clean energy for longer periods.
https://interestingengineering.com/energy/worlds-largest-battery-plan-for-google

Power outage delays start of Twins home opener | News https://www.rawchili.com/mlb/662718/ #Baseball #Minnesota #MinnesotaTwins #MinnesotaTwins #MLB #Twins #XcelEnergy

Power outage delays start of Twins home opener | News https://www.rawchili.com/mlb/662718/ #Baseball #Minnesota #MinnesotaTwins #MinnesotaTwins #MLB #Twins #XcelEnergy

https://www.europesays.com/ch/38120/ Xcel Energy Could Hit $89 by Year-End as UBS Argues Wildfire Risks Are Already Priced Into $76.75 Stock #AnnualGrowth #CapitalPlan #DataCenter #DividendIncreases #EPSGrowth #RetirementPlans #target #UBS #XcelEnergy

https://www.europesays.com/ch/37958/ Xcel Energy Could Hit $89 by Year-End as UBS Argues Wildfire Risks Are Already Priced Into $76.75 Stock #AnnualGrowth #CapitalPlan #DataCenter #DividendIncreases #EPSGrowth #RetirementPlans #target #UBS #XcelEnergy

Form Energy’s iron-air BESS at Google data centre in Minnesota https://www.byteseu.com/1830254/ #DataCentre #Energy #energystorageusa #FormEnergy #google #IronAir #ldes #Minnesota #USA #XcelEnergy

Great River Energy, ITC Midwest and Xcel Energy propose 765 kV transmission line project with application for Certificate of Need

MINNEAPOLIS, February 03, 2026–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Great River Energy, ITC Midwest and Xcel Energy (NASDAQ: XEL) proposed a series of…
#Energy #electrictransmission #electricity #greatriverenergy #kVline #midwest #minnesota #NorthDakota #SOUTHDAKOTA #transmission #transmissionlines #uppermidwest #XcelEnergy
https://www.europesays.com/2752666/

Great River Energy, ITC Midwest and Xcel Energy propose 765 kV transmission line project with application for Certificate of Need https://www.byteseu.com/1770863/ #ElectricTransmission #electricity #Energy #GreatRiverEnergy #KVLine #midwest #Minnesota #NorthDakota #SouthDakota #transmission #TransmissionLines #UpperMidwest #XcelEnergy

Denver7 takes business owner’s concerns on power outages to Xcel Energy leader https://www.byteseu.com/1724808/ #business #HighFireDangerColorado #LarimerCountyPowerOut #PlannedPowerShutOffsColorado #PowerShutoffs #PSPs #WhenWillPowerComeBackOn #WildFireRisk #XcelEnergy

Denver7 takes business owner’s concerns on power outages to Xcel Energy leader

Extension cords and generators kept Me Oh My Coffee and Pie in Laporte in business Friday during the…
#UnitedStates #US #USA #america #business #highfiredangercolorado #larimercountypowerout #plannedpowershutoffscolorado #powershutoffs #PSPS #unitedstatesofamerica #whenwillpowercomebackon #wildfirerisk #XcelEnergy
https://www.europesays.com/2709079/

Trump administration forces coal power plant near Craig to continue operating

The Trump administration, saying there is a…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Business #batterystorage #coalenergy #ComancheStation #craig #CraigStation #GreenhouseGas #GreenhousePollutionReductionRoadmap #JaredPolis #JeffHurd #MoffatCounty #PlatteRiverPowerAuthority #RenewableEnergy #SierraClub #Tri-StateGenerationandTransmissionAssociation #XcelEnergy
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/380978/

Trump administration forces coal power plant near Craig to continue operating

The Trump administration, saying there is a…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Business #batterystorage #coalenergy #ComancheStation #craig #CraigStation #GreenhouseGas #GreenhousePollutionReductionRoadmap #JaredPolis #JeffHurd #MoffatCounty #PlatteRiverPowerAuthority #RenewableEnergy #SierraClub #Tri-StateGenerationandTransmissionAssociation #XcelEnergy
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/380978/

Gotta say that I have mixed feelings about how #XcelEnergy handles planned outages in Colorado. On the one hand, I totally get that they're trying to avoid wildfire propagation on high-wind days after months of dry (drought?) conditions. I even applaud the sentiment.

At the same time, having walked around the area a bit, less than two hours after my neighborhood grid was shut off, I'm kinda surprised that I can see other grids active. Less than a half mile one way and two blocks away the other.

Gotta say that I have mixed feelings about how #XcelEnergy handles planned outages in Colorado. On the one hand, I totally get that they're trying to avoid wildfire propagation on high-wind days after months of dry (drought?) conditions. I even applaud the sentiment.

At the same time, having walked around the area a bit, less than two hours after my neighborhood grid was shut off, I'm kinda surprised that I can see other grids active. Less than a half mile one way and two blocks away the other.

25K still without power Thursday, with shutoffs expected for 67K more tomorrow amid continued high winds

Updated at 3:15 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025. About 25,000 Colorado households remained without power Thursday afternoon…
#UnitedStates #US #USA #america #colorado #DenverInternationalAirport(DIA) #extremeweather #unitedstatesofamerica #USnews #USTopics #USAnews #wind #XcelEnergy
https://www.europesays.com/2642508/

More than 55K remain without power Thursday after high winds and downed power lines

Updated at 11:50 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025. More than 55,000 Colorado households remain without power Thursday…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #America #Colorado #DenverInternationalAirport(DIA) #ExtremeWeather #UnitedStatesofAmerica #wind #XcelEnergy
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/356713/

More than 55K remain without power Thursday after high winds and downed power lines

Updated at 11:50 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025. More than 55,000 Colorado households remain without power Thursday…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #America #Colorado #DenverInternationalAirport(DIA) #ExtremeWeather #UnitedStatesofAmerica #wind #XcelEnergy
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/356713/

Xcel Energy might temporarily cut power to high fire risk regions ahead of high wind event

Many areas of the Front Range are under a red flag warning on Wed…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #America #boulder #bouldercounty #clearcreekcounty #coloradonews #coloradowildfires #ExtremeWeather #jeffersoncounty #larimercounty #Marshallfire #severeweather #UnitedStatesofAmerica #weather #weldcounty #Wildfire #Wildfires #wind #XcelEnergy
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/354403/

Xcel Energy might temporarily cut power to high fire risk regions ahead of high wind event

Many areas of the Front Range are under a red flag warning on Wed…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #America #boulder #bouldercounty #clearcreekcounty #coloradonews #coloradowildfires #ExtremeWeather #jeffersoncounty #larimercounty #Marshallfire #severeweather #UnitedStatesofAmerica #weather #weldcounty #Wildfire #Wildfires #wind #XcelEnergy
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/354403/

Xcel likely to shut off power to many Front Range communities Wednesday due to dry conditions and high winds. Here’s what you can do

Updated 5:15 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025. After weeks of unseasonably dry weather and record-breaking warmth, the…
#UnitedStates #US #USA #america #unitedstatesofamerica #USnews #USTopics #USAnews #wildfires #wind #XcelEnergy
https://www.europesays.com/2639026/

Xcel Energy receives approval move forward with Western Wisconsin Transmission Connection project https://www.byteseu.com/1508525/ #Energy #WesternWisconsinTransmissionConnectionProject #XcelEnergy

Xcel Energy withdraws solar farm project proposal in Rolling Hills area https://www.byteseu.com/1440238/ #Energy #Oneida2SolarProject #PotterCounty #RollingHillsNeighborhood #SolarFarmProject #XcelEnergy

Xcel drops Oneida 2 solar project in Amarillo’s Rolling Hills https://www.byteseu.com/1439307/ #alternative #Amarillo #company #CompanyNews #Energy #local #LocalNews #Mexico #new #NewMexico #News #Overall #OverallPositive #Positive #renewable #RenewableU0026AlternativeEnergy #u0026 #Xcel #XcelEnergy

Colorado losing $550 million in federal clean energy grants https://www.byteseu.com/1416265/ #CleanEnergy #ClimateChange #ColoradoStateUniversity #Energy #TrumpAdministation #XcelEnergy

Xcel settles Marshall Fire lawsuit just before trial begins in Boulder

Updated at 2:43 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025. Xcel Energy and two telecom companies have agreed to…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Business #bouldercounty #coloradonews #lawsuit #Marshallfire #XcelEnergy
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/179761/

Xcel settles Marshall Fire lawsuit just before trial begins in Boulder

Updated at 2:43 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025. Xcel Energy and two telecom companies have agreed to…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Business #bouldercounty #coloradonews #lawsuit #Marshallfire #XcelEnergy
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/179761/

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#RedWing Police Respond After #NuclearPowerPlant Reports #Drones

Andy Brownell
Published: January 9, 2025

#RedWingMinnesota (KROC-AM News) - "A southeastern Minnesota law enforcement agency is reporting an encounter with mysterious drones.

"A news release issued Thursday afternoon by the Red Wing Police Department indicates Goodhue County Sheriff's Office dispatchers received a report around 6:30 PM Wednesday from the #PrairieIslandNuclearPowerPlant. The report indicated four to five drones had been seen flying around the area of the #XcelEnergy facility.

"The news release says Red Wing Police and officers from the #PrairieIsland #TribalPolice Department responded to the report and observed two drones flying around the power plant and the nearby Lock and #Dam3 on the #MississippiRiver. It states that the officers monitored the drones until they were no longer seen in the area."

https://krocnews.com/red-wing-police-respond-after-nuclear-power-plant-reports-drones/
#RethinkNotRestart #NuclearPlants #NuclearPowerPlants #SecurityRisk

#RedWing Police Respond After #NuclearPowerPlant Reports #Drones

Andy Brownell
Published: January 9, 2025

#RedWingMinnesota (KROC-AM News) - "A southeastern Minnesota law enforcement agency is reporting an encounter with mysterious drones.

"A news release issued Thursday afternoon by the Red Wing Police Department indicates Goodhue County Sheriff's Office dispatchers received a report around 6:30 PM Wednesday from the #PrairieIslandNuclearPowerPlant. The report indicated four to five drones had been seen flying around the area of the #XcelEnergy facility.

"The news release says Red Wing Police and officers from the #PrairieIsland #TribalPolice Department responded to the report and observed two drones flying around the power plant and the nearby Lock and #Dam3 on the #MississippiRiver. It states that the officers monitored the drones until they were no longer seen in the area."

https://krocnews.com/red-wing-police-respond-after-nuclear-power-plant-reports-drones/
#RethinkNotRestart #NuclearPlants #NuclearPowerPlants #SecurityRisk

#RedWing Police Respond After #NuclearPowerPlant Reports #Drones

Andy Brownell
Published: January 9, 2025

#RedWingMinnesota (KROC-AM News) - "A southeastern Minnesota law enforcement agency is reporting an encounter with mysterious drones.

"A news release issued Thursday afternoon by the Red Wing Police Department indicates Goodhue County Sheriff's Office dispatchers received a report around 6:30 PM Wednesday from the #PrairieIslandNuclearPowerPlant. The report indicated four to five drones had been seen flying around the area of the #XcelEnergy facility.

"The news release says Red Wing Police and officers from the #PrairieIsland #TribalPolice Department responded to the report and observed two drones flying around the power plant and the nearby Lock and #Dam3 on the #MississippiRiver. It states that the officers monitored the drones until they were no longer seen in the area."

https://krocnews.com/red-wing-police-respond-after-nuclear-power-plant-reports-drones/
#RethinkNotRestart #NuclearPlants #NuclearPowerPlants #SecurityRisk

#RedWing Police Respond After #NuclearPowerPlant Reports #Drones

Andy Brownell
Published: January 9, 2025

#RedWingMinnesota (KROC-AM News) - "A southeastern Minnesota law enforcement agency is reporting an encounter with mysterious drones.

"A news release issued Thursday afternoon by the Red Wing Police Department indicates Goodhue County Sheriff's Office dispatchers received a report around 6:30 PM Wednesday from the #PrairieIslandNuclearPowerPlant. The report indicated four to five drones had been seen flying around the area of the #XcelEnergy facility.

"The news release says Red Wing Police and officers from the #PrairieIsland #TribalPolice Department responded to the report and observed two drones flying around the power plant and the nearby Lock and #Dam3 on the #MississippiRiver. It states that the officers monitored the drones until they were no longer seen in the area."

https://krocnews.com/red-wing-police-respond-after-nuclear-power-plant-reports-drones/
#RethinkNotRestart #NuclearPlants #NuclearPowerPlants #SecurityRisk

The Lies Have It: #XcelEnergy Wins Operating Extension for Nation’s 5th Oldest Nuclear Reactor

by John Laforge, January 10, 2025

"I.F. Stone famously said, 'All governments are run by liars and nothing they say should be believed.' The aphorism applies well to #NuclearReactor operators, including Minneapolis-based Xcel Energy.

"The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (#NRC) has granted Xcel a second license extension for operating its 54-year-old #MonticelloReactor on the #MississippiRiver in #Minnesota. The decision will permit this GE jalopy, a #Fukushima clone, to run until it’s 80 years old — a dangerous feat never been done in the history of nuclear power. The NRC received over 3,000 public comments mostly critical of the extension, but the the commission has rubber stamped 87 of 92 similar requests, so call the NRC Never Really Concerned.

"The NRC nod is based partly on the commission’s Final Environmental Impact Statement (#EIS) for the re-licensing, even though the document confirms that Xcel repeatedly made false statements about its massive 2022-‘23 leak of #radioactive cooling water. According to a March 16, 2023 Associated Press (AP) story, Xcel’s first public response to the major leak was, 'There’s no danger to the public.' Xcel then proceeded to understate by more than half the leak’s actual volume, only estimating it was 400,000 gallons.

"Xcel eventually acknowledged that volume of the leak, from an old corroded underground pipe, was 829,000 gallons, and that the #groundwater plume of reactor cooling water — some of which would later reach the Mississippi River — had a radioactive footprint of some fourteen curies of #tritium — a very large amount. (For a reference, the 1979 partial reactor meltdown at Three Mile Island released an estimated 15 curies of gaseous radioactive iodine-131 to the Pennsylvania atmosphere. Other radioactive materials went into the Susquehanna River.)

"Xcel’s 829,000-gallon leak was always a direct threat to drinking water because — as the company’s own 2023 Annual Radioactive Effluent Release Report states on page 13 — 'It is assumed groundwater continuously flows to the river…' The Mississippi is the drinking water source for 20 million people, including #Minneapolis, #StPaul and their surrounding suburbs 37 miles downstream from the leaky reactor."

Read more:
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/01/10/the-lies-have-it-xcel-energy-wins-operating-extension-for-nations-5th-oldest-nuclear-reactor/
#RethinkNotRestart #NoNukes #NuclearPowerCorruptionAndLies #WaterIsLife #MonticelloNuclearPlant

The Lies Have It: #XcelEnergy Wins Operating Extension for Nation’s 5th Oldest Nuclear Reactor

by John Laforge, January 10, 2025

"I.F. Stone famously said, 'All governments are run by liars and nothing they say should be believed.' The aphorism applies well to #NuclearReactor operators, including Minneapolis-based Xcel Energy.

"The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (#NRC) has granted Xcel a second license extension for operating its 54-year-old #MonticelloReactor on the #MississippiRiver in #Minnesota. The decision will permit this GE jalopy, a #Fukushima clone, to run until it’s 80 years old — a dangerous feat never been done in the history of nuclear power. The NRC received over 3,000 public comments mostly critical of the extension, but the the commission has rubber stamped 87 of 92 similar requests, so call the NRC Never Really Concerned.

"The NRC nod is based partly on the commission’s Final Environmental Impact Statement (#EIS) for the re-licensing, even though the document confirms that Xcel repeatedly made false statements about its massive 2022-‘23 leak of #radioactive cooling water. According to a March 16, 2023 Associated Press (AP) story, Xcel’s first public response to the major leak was, 'There’s no danger to the public.' Xcel then proceeded to understate by more than half the leak’s actual volume, only estimating it was 400,000 gallons.

"Xcel eventually acknowledged that volume of the leak, from an old corroded underground pipe, was 829,000 gallons, and that the #groundwater plume of reactor cooling water — some of which would later reach the Mississippi River — had a radioactive footprint of some fourteen curies of #tritium — a very large amount. (For a reference, the 1979 partial reactor meltdown at Three Mile Island released an estimated 15 curies of gaseous radioactive iodine-131 to the Pennsylvania atmosphere. Other radioactive materials went into the Susquehanna River.)

"Xcel’s 829,000-gallon leak was always a direct threat to drinking water because — as the company’s own 2023 Annual Radioactive Effluent Release Report states on page 13 — 'It is assumed groundwater continuously flows to the river…' The Mississippi is the drinking water source for 20 million people, including #Minneapolis, #StPaul and their surrounding suburbs 37 miles downstream from the leaky reactor."

Read more:
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/01/10/the-lies-have-it-xcel-energy-wins-operating-extension-for-nations-5th-oldest-nuclear-reactor/
#RethinkNotRestart #NoNukes #NuclearPowerCorruptionAndLies #WaterIsLife #MonticelloNuclearPlant

The Lies Have It: #XcelEnergy Wins Operating Extension for Nation’s 5th Oldest Nuclear Reactor

by John Laforge, January 10, 2025

"I.F. Stone famously said, 'All governments are run by liars and nothing they say should be believed.' The aphorism applies well to #NuclearReactor operators, including Minneapolis-based Xcel Energy.

"The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (#NRC) has granted Xcel a second license extension for operating its 54-year-old #MonticelloReactor on the #MississippiRiver in #Minnesota. The decision will permit this GE jalopy, a #Fukushima clone, to run until it’s 80 years old — a dangerous feat never been done in the history of nuclear power. The NRC received over 3,000 public comments mostly critical of the extension, but the the commission has rubber stamped 87 of 92 similar requests, so call the NRC Never Really Concerned.

"The NRC nod is based partly on the commission’s Final Environmental Impact Statement (#EIS) for the re-licensing, even though the document confirms that Xcel repeatedly made false statements about its massive 2022-‘23 leak of #radioactive cooling water. According to a March 16, 2023 Associated Press (AP) story, Xcel’s first public response to the major leak was, 'There’s no danger to the public.' Xcel then proceeded to understate by more than half the leak’s actual volume, only estimating it was 400,000 gallons.

"Xcel eventually acknowledged that volume of the leak, from an old corroded underground pipe, was 829,000 gallons, and that the #groundwater plume of reactor cooling water — some of which would later reach the Mississippi River — had a radioactive footprint of some fourteen curies of #tritium — a very large amount. (For a reference, the 1979 partial reactor meltdown at Three Mile Island released an estimated 15 curies of gaseous radioactive iodine-131 to the Pennsylvania atmosphere. Other radioactive materials went into the Susquehanna River.)

"Xcel’s 829,000-gallon leak was always a direct threat to drinking water because — as the company’s own 2023 Annual Radioactive Effluent Release Report states on page 13 — 'It is assumed groundwater continuously flows to the river…' The Mississippi is the drinking water source for 20 million people, including #Minneapolis, #StPaul and their surrounding suburbs 37 miles downstream from the leaky reactor."

Read more:
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/01/10/the-lies-have-it-xcel-energy-wins-operating-extension-for-nations-5th-oldest-nuclear-reactor/
#RethinkNotRestart #NoNukes #NuclearPowerCorruptionAndLies #WaterIsLife #MonticelloNuclearPlant

The Lies Have It: #XcelEnergy Wins Operating Extension for Nation’s 5th Oldest Nuclear Reactor

by John Laforge, January 10, 2025

"I.F. Stone famously said, 'All governments are run by liars and nothing they say should be believed.' The aphorism applies well to #NuclearReactor operators, including Minneapolis-based Xcel Energy.

"The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (#NRC) has granted Xcel a second license extension for operating its 54-year-old #MonticelloReactor on the #MississippiRiver in #Minnesota. The decision will permit this GE jalopy, a #Fukushima clone, to run until it’s 80 years old — a dangerous feat never been done in the history of nuclear power. The NRC received over 3,000 public comments mostly critical of the extension, but the the commission has rubber stamped 87 of 92 similar requests, so call the NRC Never Really Concerned.

"The NRC nod is based partly on the commission’s Final Environmental Impact Statement (#EIS) for the re-licensing, even though the document confirms that Xcel repeatedly made false statements about its massive 2022-‘23 leak of #radioactive cooling water. According to a March 16, 2023 Associated Press (AP) story, Xcel’s first public response to the major leak was, 'There’s no danger to the public.' Xcel then proceeded to understate by more than half the leak’s actual volume, only estimating it was 400,000 gallons.

"Xcel eventually acknowledged that volume of the leak, from an old corroded underground pipe, was 829,000 gallons, and that the #groundwater plume of reactor cooling water — some of which would later reach the Mississippi River — had a radioactive footprint of some fourteen curies of #tritium — a very large amount. (For a reference, the 1979 partial reactor meltdown at Three Mile Island released an estimated 15 curies of gaseous radioactive iodine-131 to the Pennsylvania atmosphere. Other radioactive materials went into the Susquehanna River.)

"Xcel’s 829,000-gallon leak was always a direct threat to drinking water because — as the company’s own 2023 Annual Radioactive Effluent Release Report states on page 13 — 'It is assumed groundwater continuously flows to the river…' The Mississippi is the drinking water source for 20 million people, including #Minneapolis, #StPaul and their surrounding suburbs 37 miles downstream from the leaky reactor."

Read more:
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/01/10/the-lies-have-it-xcel-energy-wins-operating-extension-for-nations-5th-oldest-nuclear-reactor/
#RethinkNotRestart #NoNukes #NuclearPowerCorruptionAndLies #WaterIsLife #MonticelloNuclearPlant