Carbon Dioxide Reduction Efforts

We were one of the first utilities in the nation with a plan to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, and since 2003, we have reduced these emissions by about 8 percent. In 2007, we introduced and have begun implementing groundbreaking resource plans that will help us to achieve a 15 percent reduction in CO2 emissions by 2020 from 2005 levels.

Under these plans, we will:

• Increase overall system wind capacity from 2,800 megawatts (MW) at the end of 2008 to more than 7,000 MW by 2020;
• Add between 200 MW and 600 MW of solar thermal technology, with storage;
• Increase the size of our customer energy efficiency and conservation programs, resulting in a reduction in retail demand.
• Retire and/or repower several existing coal-fired electric generating facilities; and
• Upgrade the capacity of existing nuclear generating stations.

Our Clean Energy Future brochure highlights Xcel Energy’s carbon dioxide reduction efforts.