Xcel Energy has reduced carbon emissions fifty-four percent from the electricity it provides to customers from 2005 levels, the company announced in its 19th annual Sustainability Report.

Xcel Energy was the first U.S. energy provider to set aggressive goals to reduce carbon emissions from electricity, heating and transportation. The company’s 2018 goal aims to provide customers with 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2050 and reduce carbon emissions from its operations eighty percent from 2005 levels by 2030. The report shows carbon-free energy made up fifty percent of the company’s 2023 energy mix, compared to an average of forty-one percent nationwide. Over the same time span, the company cut air emissions of sulfur dioxide from its power plants by eighty-three percent and nitrogen oxides by eighty-five percent.

“Xcel Energy remains at the forefront of the clean energy transition,” said Bob Frenzel, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Xcel Energy. “Our progress in this historic transition thus far is a testament to the hard work and commitment of our employees to innovate and deliver on strategies and approaches that drive clean energy solutions.”