Xcel Energy Breaks Ground on Innovative Service Center in Saint Paul, Aiming for Enhanced Safety and Sustainability

Xcel Energy has initiated construction on a spanking new service center in Saint Paul, stepping up to serve the community with an updated vigor for safe and reliable energy. The site for this modern energy bastion is nestled in The Heights development, taking up residence on the former grounds of the Hillcrest Golf Course. According to the

City of Saint Paul’s press release

, this endeavor is not just about expansion but also about enhancing safety standards.

The move to The Heights is a jump from the century-old service center on Rice Street, proving that growth and modernization wait for no one, not even a utility powerhouse like Xcel Energy. “We have outgrown our current service center on Rice Street, which has served our customers reliably for a century,”

Ryan Long

, president of Xcel Energy–Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota expressed. The commitment to Saint Paul evidently runs deep, with the upcoming 320,000-square-foot service center set to double the current facility’s size. Both the employees’ work environment and the customer experience are in line for a significant upgrade.

A partnership with the Saint Paul Port Authority has been vital in this move, especially with both parties having sustainability etched high on their agendas. In the portrait of a sustainable future, the new service center is set to don an array of energy-efficient features and will draw power from the sun with the aid of 1 megawatt of solar panels planted on its roof. There’s more, as 23 electric vehicle charging stations will be erected at the site to support Xcel’s leaning into an electric fleet.

Some 375 employees, who now call the Rice Street service center home, are expected to transition to the new location without any fuss once it pops its doors open, somewhere between late 2026 or early 2027. Customer service is king, and the shift promises not to ruffle any feathers, ensuring that electric and gas services will flow without interruption, the

announcement noted

.

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