A clean-air advocacy group met this week with Xcel Energy over allegations that the utility’s Cherokee coal-fired plant in north Denver violated pollution standards.
Xcel has said the allegations are without merit.
“Our position remains unchanged,” Xcel spokesman Mark Stutz said Wednesday.
Denver-based Rocky Mountain Clean Air Action threatened to sue in late January, giving Xcel the legally required 60-day notice.
Nearly three months later, the group’s director, Jeremy Nichols, said Wednesday he’s not ready to sue.
“They disagree with us, and I think we’re going to go back and take a look at things and make sure we’re reading everything right,” Nichols said. “We still think we are reading everything right.”
The Colorado health department said in January that the Cherokee plant commits infrequent air-permit violations that haven’t warranted enforcement action from the state.
Andy Vuong: 303-954-1209 or avuong@denverpost.com
