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Xcel Energy To Rethink Solar After Power Line Flap

Xcel Energy To Rethink Solar After Power Line Flap
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DENVER -- Xcel Energy says it might have to reduce the amount of solar power it buys over the next few years because approval of a new power line to transmit renewable energy in Colorado has been delayed by a billionaire landowner opposed to it.

The Minneapolis-based utility, Colorado's largest, expressed the concerns in a request Tuesday to cancel a hearing on the proposed power line so it can amend the plan it files with the state on meeting projected energy needs.

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