Dive Summary:
- Xcel Energy will settle a lawsuit by WildEarth Guardians over clean air violations at its coal-fired Cherokee power plant in Denver, Colorado.
- Despite not acknowledging failure to monitor and limit the plant's emissions, Xcel will pay $447,000 to support an open space project, finance solar panel installations and provide energy efficiency enhancements to homes in north Denver neighborhoods; the U.S. Department of Justice and the Environmental Protections Agency have 45 days to file an objection.
- Xcel says it has already moved to boost emissions monitoring and will stop burning coal at the Cherokee plan by 2018.
From the article:
"... Xcel isn't admitting to the allegations. A consent decree filed in federal court Thursday notes Xcel has already taken steps to improve monitoring, and it plans to stop burning coal at the plant by 2018. ..."