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Do Wall Street Analysts Like Xcel Energy Stock?

Xcel Energy has underperformed the broader market over the past year, yet analysts remain moderately bullish on the stock’s prospects.

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Celebrity Cruises ends ship class, plans new one, amping another

The cruise line's President, Laura Hodges Bethge, shared what the Royal Caribbean brand has been working on.

The Street

How High Can This Dividend Stock Rise on Surging Electricity Demand?

Xcel Energy, a utility stock, is shaking off its traditional image and acting like a high-growth tech stock, driven by surging electricity demand from AI and data centers.

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Xcel Energy Earnings Preview: What to Expect

Xcel Energy will release its third-quarter earnings this month, and analysts expect a single-digit profit increase.

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Xcel Energy Stock Outlook: Is Wall Street Bullish or Bearish?

Despite underperforming the broader market over the past year, analysts remain moderately bullish on Xcel Energy’s prospects.

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The search for the perfect wetsuit: is there one that doesn’t harm the planet?

Neoprene is made from toxic chemicals, hard to recycle and, with 400,000 tonnes made a year, a growing problem. So can surfers and swimmers find green wetsuits?

The Guardian - UK

The Epic Texas Panhandle Fire Is Just a Preview

Texas officials go to bat for oil and gas while the climate-fueled Smokehouse Creek Fire still rages.

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Public blasts Texas agencies, regulators for poor communication and oversight at wildfire hearings

Thursday’s hearing marked the end of the Legislature’s three-day marathon of public hearings.

The Texas Tribune

Power line pole at fault in biggest wildfire in Texas history, report says

Investigation by forest service into Smokehouse Creek fire says decayed Xcel Energy pole ‘had broken off at ground level’

The Guardian - US

US Power Company Admits It Might Have Started Huge Texas Fire

A US power company admitted Thursday that its equipment may have sparked the largest wildfire in Texas' history.

International Business Times

Xcel Energy admits it was ‘involved in ignition’ of Texas’s Smokehouse Creek fire

Electric utility company acknowledges it appeared to play role in the largest wildfire in modern US history

The Guardian - US

Xcel Energy acknowledges role in Texas’ Smokehouse Creek wildfire

The Smokehouse Creek Fire has grown to be the largest in state history.

The Texas Tribune

Texas Panhandle wildfires: What you need to know about the blazes, damage and recovery

The full scope of damage still isn’t known, but some Panhandle residents have returned home. Firefighters continue battling the infernos.

The Texas Tribune

Xcel Energy fined $14,000 after leaks of radioactive tritium from its Monticello plant in Minnesota

Xcel Energy has been fined $14,000 related to leaks of radioactive tritium from its nuclear power plant at Monticello

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Best winter wetsuits to keep swimming and surfing through the colder months

Don’t let a bit of pesky cold water stop you from having fun

The Independent UK

Company that leaked radioactive material will build barrier to keep it away from Mississippi River

The energy company responsible for leaking radioactive material from its nuclear plant in Monticello, Minnesota, in recent months has announced that it will build an underground metal barrier to keep affected groundwater away from the nearby Mississippi River

The Independent UK

Insurance companies sue energy corporation after it was blamed for helping start Colorado wildfire

Dozens of insurance companies are suing Minneapolis-based Xcel Energy to recoup money paid out to homes and businesses lost in Colorado’s most destructive wildfire in 2021

The Guardian - US

Leaks from Minnesota nuclear power plant raise safety fears across US

Leaks were contained and posed no danger, official reports say, but past disasters continue to cause fears of power source

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Fix to stop leak at Xcel's nuclear plant Minnesota did not work, prompting shutdown

MINNEAPOLIS — Xcel Energy started shutting down its Monticello nuclear power plant Friday after the company's repair of a leaking pipe did not fully do the job — causing more radioactive water to seep into the ground.

The Independent UK

Minnesota nuclear plant shuts down for leak; residents worry

A Minnesota utility has begun shutting down a nuclear power plant near Minneapolis after failing to stop the release of radioactive material

WEKU

A nuclear power plant leaked contaminated water in Minnesota. Here's what we know

The 400,000 gallon leak of water containing tritium occurred in November 2022, but the general public was not notified until last week. Officials said the leak is contained and poses no public danger.

Daily Mirror

Huge 1.5 million litres of radioactive water with tritium leaks from nuclear power plant

Xcel Energy said they are cleaning up the leak of 400,000 gallons (1.5 million litres) of tritium-contaminated water from its Monticello nuclear power plant in Minnesota

The Independent UK

400,000 gallons of radioactive water leaked from nuclear plant before US officials notified public

Minnesota regulators knew four months ago that radioactive waste had leaked from a nuclear power plant in Monticello — but they didn’t announce anything about the leak until this week

The Independent UK

Regulators: Nuclear plant leak didn't require public notice

Minnesota regulators knew four months ago that radioactive waste had leaked from a nuclear power plant in Monticello — but they didn’t announce anything about the leak until this week

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