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 more than 11 percent. In 2007, we introduced 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 3,000 megawatts (MW) at the end of 2009 to more than 5,000 MW by 2015
• 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
• Upgrade the capacity of existing nuclear generating stations.

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