The construction site of a $800 million data center in Rosemount, Minn. (Renée Jones Schneider/The Minnesota Star Tribune) ...

In Becker, Amazon wants to build 250 emergency backup diesel generators capable of producing nearly as much power as Xcel’s Monticello nuclear plant in case of a grid outage. The data center ...

The Xcel Energy nuclear generating plant near Monticello, Minnesota, on March 24, 2023. State Rep. Patty Acomb chaired the House Climate and Energy Finance and Policy Committee for the past two years.

MONTICELLO — Monticello’s nuclear power plant will continue to provide the region with energy over the next two decades, pending state sanction. Xcel Energy received federal approval from the U.S.

The Monticello plant powers more than 500,000 homes annually in the Upper Midwest. Xcel Energy will extend the operation of its Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant followed by the recent renewal of ...

Xcel Energy's nuclear plant in Monticello received an extension from the federal government to continue its operations for an additional 20 years. The Minnesota-based company's operating license ...

Xcel Energy's nuclear plant in Monticello received an extension from the federal government to continue its operations for an additional 20 years. The Minnesota-based company's operating license was ...

Preparatory work for the country’s first nuclear power plant has already begun. The government is working on legislation governing the generation of nuclear power and shortly will start inviting ...

Russia had seriously considered using nuclear weapons in Ukraine, but was dissuaded from doing so by China, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said. Amid repeated nuclear threats from ...

The federal government has given Xcel Energy permission to continue operating its nuclear power plant in Monticello for another two decades. On Monday, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ...