Latest move removes constraints after the plant got new life with other coal-fired unit out of commission until June for repairs.

(PUEBLO, Colo.) — State regulators voted on Jan. 21 to allow Xcel Energy to generate more electricity at the Comanche 2 coal unit in Pueblo, as the utility works to bring Comanche 3 back online. The ...

Xcel Energy has petitioned to extend the operation of its Comanche Unit 2 coal-fired plant by one year, past its scheduled end of 2025 closure. The extension is needed for grid reliability due to ...

Comanche Power Plant, owned by Xcel energy photographed frome the Colorado State University Pueblo Campus in 2021. (Alex Edwards, The Gazette) The Comanche Power Plant in Pueblo will continue to ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Just last year, Colorado was leading the Mountain West in the transition from dirty coal plants to clean energy. Federal funding was assisting on rural clean ...

President Donald Trump's administration has issued emergency orders to continue the operation of power plants before — could two Pueblo County coal plants be next? A nine-page filing shared on behalf ...

Xcel Energy (XEL), the Colorado Energy Office, Colorado Public Utilities Commission staff and the Colorado Office of the Utility Consumer Advocate have asked state regulators to approve a one-year ...

The Pueblo Chieftain file Xcel Energy’s Comanche coal-fired power plant, just southeast of Pueblo, has been a source of costly problems for the utility and its customers. Xcel Energy has petitioned ...