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After spending most of the past six months at a less-than-enviable three-star rank, enough top-performing CAPS members have turned bullish on Xcel Energy
The recession brought lower electricity demand for utilities like Xcel Energy and a supply glut of thermal coal for producers like Consol Energy
In April the company signed a deal with SunPower
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