<story><title>Xcel Energy Says It Will Close Two Coal-Fired Power Plants a Decade Early</title><url>https://finance.yahoo.com/news/xcel-energy-end-coal-upper-154800947.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>duxup</author><text>Natural Gas prices have done a great deal to reduce coal usage.   Shutting down a plant is no easy decision.&lt;p&gt;It is clear coal is just being priced out of the equation.</text></comment>
<story><title>Xcel Energy Says It Will Close Two Coal-Fired Power Plants a Decade Early</title><url>https://finance.yahoo.com/news/xcel-energy-end-coal-upper-154800947.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>atonse</author><text>Imagine how much faster we&amp;#x27;d go if we actually had the help of the federal government (via grants, etc) instead of fighting these utilities tooth and nail and forcing them to make these upgrades under court settlements and to wait until they haven&amp;#x27;t exhausted every penny of profits before moving to renewable energy?</text></comment>