Xcel Energy awarding grants to non-profits

The Xcel Energy Foundation announced it is awarding $346,000 to 38 nonprofits in New Mexico and Texas.

Xcel spokesman Wes Reeves wrote in an e-mail that area nonprofits that received funds from the Foundation include the Eastern New Mexico University Foundation, Hartley House and the New Mexico Farm and Livestock Bureau Foundation.

“We have traditionally not publicized amounts for the grants,” Reeves wrote.

According to an Xcel news release the funds were awarded in recognition of the “good work community groups are performing in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Career Pathways, Environmental Sustainability and Community Vitality.”

“Our success as a company is dependent on the health of the communities we serve,” Adrian Rodriguez said. Rodriguez is president of Xcel Energy-New Mexico, Texas.