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Prairie Island nuclear plant licenses renewed

...Commission in 2009 approved up to 35 additional casks to take care of the 20-year life extension, company spokeswoman Mary Sandok said.The plant would need 34 more for decommissioning and would need to seek state authorization for them in the future...

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Watching and waiting

...the Internet and nibbling on cocktail wieners and chips. ''I didn't see cards or anything like that,'' said Mary Sandok, spokeswoman for Northern States Power Co., one of the organizations represented at the center. By 12:35 a.m...

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Thunderstorms, tornadoes cause damage

...from a high of 25,000 Sunday morning. NSP expected to have all outages cleared sometime Monday, said spokeswoman Mary Sandok. In addition to the Twin Cities, NSP customers in Brooten were without power because of a substation problem, Sandok...

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Layer of ice covers nearly all of southern Minnesota

...of Mankato lost power when two distribution lines were knocked out by the storm, said Xcel Energy Inc. spokeswoman Mary Sandok. And 300 customers in Lafayette near New Ulm lost power for a time. According to Xcel's Web site, more than 2...

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State briefs

...Guthrie, which seats 1,300 people, when the curtain went up a bit late, around 7:30 p.m. Xcel Energy spokeswoman Mary Sandok said about 2,500 customers in the neighborhood lost power Saturday night when a fire started in a manhole near the...

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Heat leads to school shutdowns

...allowed his schools to stay in session. Several other schools took similar measures to stay open. Xcel spokeswoman Mary Sandok said part of the coal-fired Sherco power plant in Becker, Minn. sprung a leak in a steam tube in a boiler at 3 a...

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Summer thunderstorms, high winds knock out power, damage homes in Twin Cities

...repair damaged lines, but expects some customers to be without power until Sunday night, said company spokeswoman Mary Sandok. Among the hardest hit areas were White Bear Lake, Shoreview and northern portions of St. Paul, she said. A line...

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State on the rebound after ice storm

...Late Tuesday, Xcel Energy restored power to about 1,000 of its customers in the Twin Cities, said spokeswoman Mary Sandok. Between Monday afternoon and Tuesday, 45,000 customers lost power for at least a few minutes. Connexus Energy...

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No severe damage from area storms

...metro area customers lost power after severe storms moved through the area Saturday night. By Sunday, spokeswoman Mary Sandok said most of those homes had power restored but that restoration had slowed as crews moved from major feeders to individual...

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