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Xcel Energy must reimburse customers for Sherco 3 outage costs


Xcel Energy must reimburse customers for Sherco 3 outage costs

(KNSI) – The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission has ordered Xcel Energy to pay back the money it charged its customers following the failure of its Sherco coal-fired power plant in Becker in 2011. An accident involving the giant generator inside Sherco 3 ripped the massive turbine blades from their mounts, sending huge shards of metal […]