I'm willing to withhold judgement and base it on his actions.  Lets not forget Xcel recently shifted it stance on coal.   On Tuesday, 8/29/17 the state’s largest utility made an economic argument for shuttering two of its coal-burning units in Pueblo a decade ahead of schedule.

“We are at a unique point in time where we could voluntarily propose to retire these coal generation units early and replace them — and save money,” said David Eves, president of Xcel Energy’s Colorado operations.