XCEL ENERGY ANNOUNCES CLEAN HEAT PLAN TO REDUCE CARBON EMISSIONS IN THE NATURAL GAS SYSTEM

Xcel Energy has announced its Clean Heat Plan, the company’s first significant proposal to strategically reduce greenhouse gas emissions across the natural gas system. 

The Clean Heat Plan, one of the first of its kind, provides a pathway to reduce emissions consistent with state goals and further implements Xcel Energy’s net-zero emissions goal for its natural gas business. The Plan fast-tracks clean, resilient, innovative solutions while ensuring our customers receive the reliable, affordable energy they need to power their lives. Designed to accommodate customers’ unique needs, the Plan offers a portfolio of solutions customers can choose that work for them, leading to greater emission reductions at a lower cost.

The effort is in response to Colorado’s Clean Heat Standard legislation, which aligns with the company’s vision to provide a net-zero natural gas system by 2050, with an interim goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent from the supply, distribution and customer use of natural gas by 2030.