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Xcel agrees to cover additional EV rebates for customers [Video]

Xcel sent a letter to 103 customers saying the rebate the customers thought they were getting was not coming after all. Now the company will cover them.

COLORADO, USA — The idea of an extra $5,500 off an electric vehicle on top of a $5,000 state tax credit made an EV purchase attractive for Adam Griff.

“This is the Hyundai Ionic 6, quite a nice electric car,” Griff said.

That money, paid by Xcel customers, funds three years’ worth of rebates and discounts for many electrification efforts, from home and public charging stations to school bus electrification to EV rebates for low-income customers.

“The Xcel one definitely, you know, pushed it over the edge in terms of making it more affordable,” Griff said.

Last week, Griff got an email from Xcel essentially saying that the EV rebate he was expecting was not coming.

In all, 103 customers received the message.

“They just said we’ve terminated the program because we’ve run out of …

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Likelihood of Trump abuse draws opponents to bill that would facilitate shutting down non-profits [Video]

Rachel Maddow reports on the return of a bill that would make it possible to punish a non-profit organization by labeling them as being in support of terrorism. While many lawmakers were ok with the idea initially, the return of Donald Trump to the White House is causing second thoughts about how the law could be abused by someone looking to eliminate opposition to their power.