Does Xcel control rates on the western slope?
Four Colorado electric cooperatives that buy wholesale power from Xcel Energy have filed a complaint with federal regulators contending the state’s largest electricity provider mismanaged its natural gas supplies .. Xcel directed its own natural gas supply to meet reserve requirements rather than generate power ..
The four cooperatives collectively provide electricity to 570,000 people in predominantly rural parts of the state, such as Mesa, Garfield and Moffat counties..
Xcel is very deceptive .. partial control - not total..
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