Xcel Energy plans to extend operating life of Monticello nuclear plant

摘要

Xcel Energy plans to extend the operating life of its 691-MW Monticelloplant in Minnesota by at least 10 years, the company said in astatement May 20.As part of Xcel’s Upper Midwest Energy Plan, which it “will submitfor approval to the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission in July,” thecompany “seeks to continue the use of the Monticello nuclear plantuntil at least 2040,” it said May 20.