Xcel Energy warns of possible power outages similar to South Australia due to growing renewable presence

Buried within Xcel Energy’s latest resource planning documents lies a dire warning about the rapidly growing presence of wind and solar energy sources on Minnesota’s electrical grid. [Appendix J of the document]. According to the state’s largest electric utility company, Minnesota’s race to dismantle large power facilities - like coal facilities such as Sherco and AS King, and even some hoping for the toppling of the state's two carbon-free nuclear facilities - in favor of intermittent renewable energy sources like wind and solar is creating conditions more susceptible to state-wide power outages. Xcel warns that the growing presence of remote energy sources like wind and...