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On November 9, 2011, the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota (No. 0:11-cv-00619-DWF-FLN), ruled that Northern States Power Company, through its wholly owned subsidiary Xcel Energy, (“Xcel”) was not liable for the unauthorized actions of its former employee that resulted in environmental contamination
It is a general counsel's worst nightmare--the 8:00 a.m. call from a plant manager saying there are 25 federal agents at the office with a search warrant seizing the company's business records, taking employees aside to question them, and pulling samples from the plant's holding tanks and wastewater discharge
