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Colorado, Xcel to receive $250 million federal award to strengthen and improve electricity grid

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Colorado and Xcel Energy will receive a $250 million federal grant to modernize the electricity grid and increase the integration of renewable energy sources.

The award, one of the largest under a federal energy program, could bring more renewables to Colorado

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