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Utilities Sector

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2012

    Prairie Island nuclear security supervisor pulls Homer Simpson, gets busted faking drug test

    In a move worthy of Homer Simpson, a security supervisor at Xcel Energy's Prairie Island nuclear power plant was fired after he was caught faking a drug test urine sample.Homer certainly would've tested positive for Duff, but the Prairie Island worker was probably trying to hide the fact he had been ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 13, 2012

    Colorado regulators upset about Xcel executives' expensive, high-flying ways

    ​Minneapolis-based Xcel Energy is the largest electrical utility in Colorado, with about 1.4 million customers. Xcel is currently seeking a $142 million electricity-rate increase in Colorado to cover the rising costs of pensions and operations. The utility's "operations" include use of two corpora ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2012

    NoDak officials upset about Minnesota's coal penalty

    ​Minnesota imposes a fee upon utility companies that use coal-generated energy.The fee harkens back to the Pawlenty-backed 25 by 25 initiative, which required that 25 percent of the state's energy come from renewable sources by 2025.North Dakota extracts a lot of coal. But Minnesota's fee reduces ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2012

    Dayton blasts Republicans after nominee ousted for backing clean energy

    Repub Senators to Anderson: You aren't down with coal and natural gas? Then get the frack out!​Are you a supporter of renewable energy? Perhaps you've said a derogatory word or two about fossil fuels in the past? Then, in the eyes of the MNGOP, you aren't fit to serve as chair of the Public Utilit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2011

    Xcel Energy, EPA win Supreme Court battle on climate change laws

    WikipediaXcel Energy and other utilities sided with the EPA in court and won.​In news that initially sounds like a contradiction in terms, the Environmental Protection Agency and five major utility companies including Minnesota-based Xcel Energy, have scored a win together in the U.S. Supreme ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2011

    New nukes for Minnesota?

    TVAMonty Burns is looking to expand his operation.​For a while there, Minnesota was vying to take the lead in pioneering the use of renewable energy. This week, the new Republican legislature will try to push is in a different direction: building more nuclear plants.Minnesota already has two nucle ... More >>

  • News

    October 20, 2010

    Enbridge Energy could be Minnesota's BP

    Oil company has friends on the PUC

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2009

    Virginia, Minn. was 'Queer City' after water tower prank

    It's likely the city of Virginia, Minn. is already done repainting their prized water tower back to its original name, but for some time this weekend, the town was all queer.

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2009

    Senate votes to lift ban on nuclear power

    State legislators took steps yesterday to lift a 15-year ban on the development of nuclear power plants in Minnesota. Now it's up to the House to decide.

  • News

    March 25, 2009

    The T. Boone Pickens alt-energy show rolls across America

    Pickens Plan focuses on using more wind power and natural gas

  • News

    December 3, 2008

    Midwest oil mining a crude idea to many

    Are we now scraping the bottom of the barrel?

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2008

    Pawlenty reminds Minnesotans they shouldn't freeze to death in their homes

    Are we now scraping the bottom of the barrel?

  • News

    October 1, 2008

    Readers respond to RNC protest coverage

    Are we now scraping the bottom of the barrel?

  • News

    September 24, 2008

    Homer Simpson Gets Clipped

    After City Pages exposes a local nuclear power plant operator with a fake diploma, his bosses reluctantly give him the ax

  • Blogs

    July 31, 2008

    Diploma-buying control room worker's employer: "No comment"

    After City Pages exposes a local nuclear power plant operator with a fake diploma, his bosses reluctantly give him the ax

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2008

    Former Minnesota nuclear power plant employee outed as diploma-buying fraudster

    After City Pages exposes a local nuclear power plant operator with a fake diploma, his bosses reluctantly give him the ax

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2008

    Get ready for another E-Junk Tsunami

    After City Pages exposes a local nuclear power plant operator with a fake diploma, his bosses reluctantly give him the ax

  • News

    September 5, 2007

    A Kinder, Gentler Smokestack

    Critics say a power plant designed to reduce carbon emissions could be a cancer-causing boondoggle

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2007

    Just Don't Inhale

    Critics say a power plant designed to reduce carbon emissions could be a cancer-causing boondoggle

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2006

    Pawlenty: Plugged in to power company cash

    Critics say a power plant designed to reduce carbon emissions could be a cancer-causing boondoggle

  • Blogs

    August 24, 2006

    Xcel Energy customers reap unexpected windfall

    Critics say a power plant designed to reduce carbon emissions could be a cancer-causing boondoggle

  • Unknown

    August 2, 2006

    The Straight Dope®

    Critics say a power plant designed to reduce carbon emissions could be a cancer-causing boondoggle

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2006

    D'oh! A nuclear blunder and a one-day story

    Critics say a power plant designed to reduce carbon emissions could be a cancer-causing boondoggle

  • Blogs

    November 22, 2005

    Nice work if you can get it

    Critics say a power plant designed to reduce carbon emissions could be a cancer-causing boondoggle

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2005

    Katrina cronyism

    Critics say a power plant designed to reduce carbon emissions could be a cancer-causing boondoggle

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2005

    Apocalypse Soon

    Critics say a power plant designed to reduce carbon emissions could be a cancer-causing boondoggle

  • Blogs

    June 27, 2005

    Dickinson

    Critics say a power plant designed to reduce carbon emissions could be a cancer-causing boondoggle

  • News

    May 12, 2004

    Nuke 'Em!

    Xcel energy spearheads a high-stakes plan to store nuclear waste on a tiny, dirt-poor Indian reservation in the Utah desert

  • Arts

    March 19, 2003

    The Dream Factory

    For nearly forty years, a strange German couple has been photographing the great gray ghosts of 20th-century industry. But it's not so easy to see the "monumentary" in your own backyard.

  • Books

    May 29, 2002

    Burns Loves Quimby

    Why is the nuclear-power industry courting Norm Coleman?

  • Books

    April 24, 2002

    Lights Out

    Residents of the Red Lake Indian Reservation fight the power company

  • Books

    January 16, 2002

    Down on the Riverside

    Activists want Xcel to clean up its oldest--and dirtiest--power plant

  • Books

    January 2, 2002

    Bag Lady

    Meet Susan Young, Minneapolis's trash evangelist

  • Books

    October 24, 2001

    The Convenience of Paying More

    Minnegasco's fixed-payment plan may be surprisingly costly

  • Books

    October 17, 2001

    Nuclear Freeze

    Terrorism puts industry self-regulation on ice

  • Books

    March 21, 2001

    Junk Bond

    For decades Minneapolis has paid the same company to haul trash. Is it a good deal? No one has asked.

  • Books

    January 31, 2001

    A Scare in the Air

    Minnesota has a pollution problem. But don't hold your breath waiting for a quick fix.

  • Books

    January 17, 2001

    Live Wires

    Armed with new evidence linking power lines and cancer, activists appeal to the courts

  • News

    January 17, 2001

    Chump Changed

    The pay was low, but working for Ma Bell meant a worry-free retirement. Now Qwest is sending out the pension checks, and local retirees say they're getting the wrong number.

  • Books

    June 21, 2000

    Megawatts and Margins

    NSP hands the keys for its Minnesota reactors to a holding company. Is this part of a dangerous chain reaction in the nuclear power industry?

  • News

    April 26, 2000

    Off the Hook

    Connect people’s phones? Respond to customer complaints? Abide by state rules? Please. A brave new U S West can’t be bothered with trivial details.

  • News

    September 29, 1999

    Against the Grain

    Alfalfa electricity? Northern States Power planted the idea, Minnesota farmers grew it, and a bitter tug-of-war chopped it down.

  • News

    March 10, 1999

    A Tale of Two Towers

    Alfalfa electricity? Northern States Power planted the idea, Minnesota farmers grew it, and a bitter tug-of-war chopped it down.

  • Books

    December 9, 1998

    Cheesehead Power?

    NSP says it needs to run high-voltage wires over the scenic St. Croix to keep the lights on in western Wisconsin. But critics charge the utility's plans go much further.

  • News

    April 8, 1998

    Prairie Dogged

    A fake flyer making the rounds at the Capitol suggests NSP wants to pay itself millions in fines for failing to move nuclear waste off Prairie Island. Lawmakers say the parody is eerily accurate.

  • News

    November 26, 1997

    Lame-Duck Lobby

    A fake flyer making the rounds at the Capitol suggests NSP wants to pay itself millions in fines for failing to move nuclear waste off Prairie Island. Lawmakers say the parody is eerily accurate.

  • News

    March 12, 1997

    Power Play: The Biggest Game in Town

    The little-noted push to deregulate utilities will drive up rates and jeopardize service--not to mention

  • News

    February 12, 1997

    All in the Family

    The little-noted push to deregulate utilities will drive up rates and jeopardize service--not to mention

  • Art

    September 18, 1996

    Dioxin for Dinner

    The little-noted push to deregulate utilities will drive up rates and jeopardize service--not to mention

  • News

    June 12, 1996

    NUCLEAR POWER'S DIRTY SECRET

    When a group of activists gained access to private papers from NSP's lawsuit against Westinghouse, they got a rare look at one of the nuclear industry's most serious problems.

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