Xcel Energy Reaches $640 Million Settlement Over Marshall Fire Lawsuit
Xcel Energy and two telecommunications companies have reached a $640 million settlement with plaintiffs on the verge of the Marshall Fire trial. The settlement, which is not final yet, must be approved by the individual plaintiffs involved in the case. The lawsuit stems from the Marshall Fire of Dec... [More info]
Xcel Energy Center to be renamed with rights agreement set to expire this summer https://www.rawchili.com/nhl/125528/ #Hockey #minnesota #MinnesotaWild #MinnesotaWild #NHL #wild #XcelEnergy #XcelEnergyCenter
Wild-Xcel Energy ‘energize’ partnership – Coliseum https://www.rawchili.com/nhl/15954/ #Hockey #minnesota #MinnesotaWild #MinnesotaWild #NHL #partnership #wild #XcelEnergy
#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
IDEXX Labs $IDXX posted EPS of $2.79, above the forecast of $2.68, with revenue at $975.54M, slightly below the $979.98M estimate.
Xcel Energy $XEL reported EPS of $1.25, narrowly missing the $1.26 forecast, and revenue of $3.64B, below the expected $3.93B.
Xylem $XYL met EPS expectations at $1.11, while revenue came in at $2.1B, under the $2.17B forecast.
#Earnings #IDEXX #XcelEnergy #Xylem #Finance #Stocks #Investing
Moderna $MRNA: Q2 EPS was -$3.33, better than the forecast of -$3.35. Revenue surged to $241M, surpassing the $128.41M forecast. #Moderna
Xcel Energy $XEL: Q2 EPS of $0.54 was below the forecast of $0.56. Revenue came in at $3.03B, missing the $3.24B forecast. #XcelEnergy
When your public infrastructure is privatized it will be maintained and upgraded at well below the minimum level because it's cheaper to just pay fines.
Nationalize it all.
#XcelEnergy says it appeared to have role in igniting largest #Texas wildfire | AP News
https://apnews.com/article/wildfires-texas-smokehouse-xcel-energy-22540df0a0c1d2c42a7fe0284858845a
Doing something a bit more stereotypically gay tonight at the #XcelCenter than the Wild games I usually go to. I'm seeing #Madonna live! Can't wait for the show to start... She's an hour late so far...but the Queen of #Pop can be late if she chooses
#StPaul #Minnesota #TwinCities #XcelEnergy #alt4me #SaintPaul #twincitiesmn
#Nuclear corporations often under-report radiation amounts, or take their time about reporting incidents (sometimes only after there's a whistleblower involved). After all, it's all about image and money, not public or environmental safety.
#Xcel fined $14K over unpermitted storage of #radioactive water at #Minnesota #nuclear plant
After a leak of #tritium at the #MonticelloNuclear Generating Station was revealed in March, Xcel faced repeated challenges in collecting and storing the tainted water.
By Chloe Johnson Star Tribune
December 14, 2023
"#XcelEnergy has been fined $14,000 for storing radioactive water without a permit in the aftermath of a spill last year at its Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant.
"Meanwhile, Xcel revealed Thursday that the original spill started a few weeks earlier than the company originally reported, and may have released more than twice as much radioactive water as it originally estimated.
"The plant, about a 30-minute drive northwest of the Twin Cities, sprung a leak of tritium-tainted water in late 2022. The utility and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) didn't reveal the leak to the public until the following March, drawing public criticism and a promise from state officials to be more transparent.
"Xcel originally reported that some 400,000 gallons of water had seeped from a broken pipe in a narrow space between two buildings. But on Thursday, it reported that the real amount was more likely between 750,000 and 900,000 gallons — an updated guess based on research the company has done and 'signs that the leak may have started a few weeks earlier than previously estimated.'"
#WaterIsLife #MississippiRiver #TEPCOLies #XcelLies #NoNukes #MoreOversight #RethinkNotRestart
Very high winds knocked out our internet and then our power yesterday afternoon.
Kudos to #XcelEnergy for rushing out and repairing the damage tout de suite. I saw them on scene promptly and then everything was fine, like a vision of what this world could be.
Xcel Energy to temporarily shut down #Monticello nuclear plant after two radioactive water leaks; company says no threat to public
March 24, 2023
"On Wednesday, the plant's monitoring equipment detected hundreds of gallons worth of radioactive water since the crews made temporary repairs, and that it had reached #groundwater. Officials say the contaminated water, containing the radioactive isotope #tritium, has not yet reached the #MississippiRiver, which runs next to the plant.
"When the leak was first detected back in November, Xcel used a catchment and a pumping strategy to recovered the water containing tritium. They say they've recovered about 30% of that water so far. But over the past couple days, some of that radioactive water was spilling over the catchment, creating a new leak."
#Minnesota #XcelEnergy #Monticello #NoNukes #NoMoreNukes #RethinkNotRestart #NoDumping #Fukushima
Ummmm....
March 17, 2023: #Minnesota #Nuclear power plant leaks 400,000 gallons of radioactive water
While Xcel Energy reported the leak of water containing tritium to state and federal authorities in late November, the spill had not been made public before Thursday.
"When asked why Xcel Energy didn’t notify the public earlier, the company said: “We understand the importance of quickly informing the communities we serve if a situation poses an immediate threat to health and safety. In this case, there was no such threat.” The company said it focused on investigating the situation, containing the affected water and figuring out next steps."
#Minnesota #XcelEnergy #Monticello #NoNukes #NoMoreNukes #RethinkNotRestart
“#XcelEnergy in late Nov told MN & federal officials about a leak of 400,000 gallons of water contaminated with radioactive tritium at its Monticello nuclear power plant, but it wasn't until Thurs that the incident…made public” #ClimateAction
https://www.commondreams.org/news/xcel-nuclear-power-plant-leak-monticello-minnesota
👇🇺🇸"Nuclear power plant leaks 400,000 gallons of radioactive water" #NuclearPlantLeak #XCelEnergy #MinnesotaNuclearPlant
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/nuclear-power-plant-leaks-400000-gallons-radioactive-water-rcna75406
Everyone is familiar with Google. Who are these 2 other companies representing: Amber Kestral and Elk River Technologies? Is it Apple? Netflix? I know Amber Kestral and Elk River are development shells for someone. There's a lot of land involved.
#datacenter #startribune #Google #Minnesota #Energy #XcelEnergy
https://www.startribune.com/google-pulls-out-of-deal-to-build-600m-data-center-in-becker/600237773/
