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20 August 2008 -- Regulators approved a plan by Xcel Energy to shut down two coal-fired power plants in Colorado, thought to be the first time a utility has volunteered, and regulators have approved, a plan to shut down power plants because of CO₂ emissions.

The closures are two to four years away and Xcel has proposed using natural gas to make up for the lost power supplies. Xcel proposed in 2007 to shut down the coal units at the Arapahoe power plant in Denver and the Cameo plant in Grand Junction.

Together the plants can generate 229 MW. Xcel proposed replacing the coal-fired generators at Denver's Arapahoe power plant with 480 MW of natural gas-fired capacity. A regulatory decision on that plan has been postponed.

The Cameo plant is scheduled to close by December 2010. The Arapahoe station would close by December 2012.

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