Today, Northern States Power Company, d/b/a Xcel Energy, submitted a filing to initiate a discussion with the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission regarding the recently released e21 Phase I Report (see our blog post here).  Key components of Xcel Energy’s proposal to begin implementing the e21 Initiative’s vision include:

• Lead the effort to achieve carbon reduction by 40% by 2030;
• Advance distribution grid modernization;
• Provide customers, including energy-intensive trade exposed customers, with a platform of innovative service and product offerings; and
• Implement a new regulatory framework.

This last point was addressed at length in the e21 Phase I Report.  There, e21 stakeholders proposed significant reform to both the integrated resource planning and rate case regulatory processes.