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Xcel Energy’s Public Service Co. of Colorado has asked the state Supreme Court to weigh in on an eminent domain dispute that is preventing the utility from connecting two nearly complete wind farms totaling more than 1 GW to the grid.
“This case presents an important statewide question at the intersection of Colorado’s eminent-domain, utility regulation, and clean-energy laws: whether a regulated electric utility may condemn easements for transmission lines connecting renewable generation to the grid,” PSCo said in its July 31 court filing.
The utility-owned 603-MW Singing Grass and 450-MW Cheyenne Ridge II projects are part of PSCo’s plan — approved in January 2024 by state utility regulators — to add about 6.1 GW to its system.
In June, a district court judge rejected PSCo’s effort to acquire roughly 550 feet of easement via eminent domain.
