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Xcel Energy wants to extend operations at an aging coal-fired power plant in Pueblo for another 15 months, to avoid potential electricity shortages. On Monday, Colorado’s largest utility asked the state’s Public Utilities Commission to keep Comanche 2 open until March 2028, and…
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