MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Oct. 7 -- Xcel Energy issued the following news release: * * * Xcel Energy to meet Minnesota's energy needs with first-in-the-nation distributed capacity procurement Company to deploy up to 200 megawatts of distributed battery storage capacity * Xcel Energy is making a first-of-its-kind proposal to build out a battery storage network across Minnesota, optimizing the state's energy grid and helping the company meet the growing electricity needs of the communities it s  more