Goals and Performance

Environmental Goals

Xcel Energy goes beyond regulatory compliance to measure our environmental performance.  Each year, we establish challenging environmental goals focused on continuously improving our operations. 

In 2006, we used an Environmental Index comprised of indicators related to reducing power plant emissions.  Our 2006 score was 94 out of 100.

For 2007, we have two new environmental goals that reflect the growing focus on greenhouse gas emissions and global climate change. The first indicator supports our company’s voluntary carbon management strategy with a CO-2 intensity goal of 1,510 pounds per megawatt hour. The second indicator targets further CO-2 reductions, with a goal to implement projects in 2007 that will result in 2 million tons of CO-2 reduction over the course of their project life.