The Brief
- The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency announced fines leveled against two companies for the improper discharge of stormwater in St. Paul.
- Xcel Energy was fined $13,687 and McGough Construction was fined $12,168.
- State officials say both companies failed to notify them about stormwater discharges in November and October 2025.
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – Xcel Energy and McGough Construction were both fined by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) for not informing state officials about multiple stormwater discharges in St. Paul and failing to conduct stormwater management inspections for most of 2025.
St. Paul stormwater discharge leads to $25K in fines
Timeline:
The MPCA said it received a report of a “whitish-gray discharge” from Xcel Energy’s St. Paul Service Center on Nov. 6, 2025. That discharged water then entered a storm sewer that drained into a nearby wetland.
A similar event was reported on Nov. 20, where about 4,000 gallons of polluted water entered the storm sewer system.…