“A license to print money”Xcel Energy is proposing a new penalty on Colorado residents who generate their own renewable electricity.The “infrastructure upkeep fee” could range between $20 and $200 per year, the Denver Post reports. Customers who buy and install their own solar panels would essentially be asked to keep paying for some of the energy they’re no longer using from Xcel’s electricity grid.“It’s only fair everyone pay for the system,” an Xcel spokesman said, noting that the grid provid

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