Dec. 20

Xcel Energy Inc. will reduce carbon emissions by 22 percent through conservation and renewable energy development under a plan filed with the Minnesota Public Resource Commission.

The Minneapolis-based utility filed its 2007 Resource Plan with the commission, detailing its strategy to meet renewable energy, conservation and greenhouse gas reduction goals established by the state legislature.

The plan, which covers 2008 through 2022, calls for reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 22 percent from 2005 levels by 2020. It also outlines Xcel’s strategy to meeting the state’s mandate to supply 30 percent of its customers’ electricity with renewable resources by 2020. Xcel will add 2,600 megawatts of wind energy to its portfolio by 2020. That’s in addition to the 1,300 megawatts of wind power it plans to have online by the end of 2008.

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