One Ward business owner is calling XcelEnergy “tone deaf” for its Tuesday social media message thanking its customers who lost power for their understanding while the utility turned the lights back on after last week’s windstorm.
One Ward business owner is calling XcelEnergy “tone deaf” for its Tuesday social media message thanking its customers who lost power for their understanding while the utility turned the lights back on after last week’s windstorm.
Colorado regulators are asking for public feedback on XcelEnergy’s planned power outages last week after the utility company shut off electricity to 100,000 customers along the Front Range to minimize wildfire risks.
For more than 28 hours, my Boulder neighborhood was left without electricity — apparently not because of downed lines or an active emergency, but because XcelEnergy intentionally shut off power as a “preventive” measure ... This disparity is not random.
ElevenTexas Panhandle cities have formed a coalition seeking enforceable safety reforms from XcelEnergy, citing years of deferred maintenance and increasingly destructive wildfires tied to aging utility infrastructure.
More than 180Xcel customers north of Nederland are still without power five days after a windstorm resulted in a loss of power for tens of thousands of customers across Boulder County.
Sunday, XcelEnergy said 6,500 customers remain without power ... Outages for some customers served by damaged… pic.twitter.com/mVN1S4iEMF— Xcel Energy Colorado (@XcelEnergyCO) December 21, 2025.
This time, XcelEnergy, its operator and primary owner, expects the unit to be down until next June ... To ensure the lights — and especially the air conditioners next summer — stay on, Xcel and the administration of Gov.
XcelEnergy said it is hoping to restore power Sunday to all customers after last week's dangerous windstorm, but as of 10.30 a.m. Sunday, more than 16,000 are still without power ... .
XcelEnergy anticipates that most of the more than 12,000 customers in Boulder County will have their power restored by 10 p.m ... If the damage was severe enough, power may not be restored to some in until Sunday, Xcel said Saturday in a news release.
XcelEnergy officials estimated most customers would have power restored by 10 p.m ... “Restoration for some customers may extend into Sunday due to severe damage and the location of the damage,” Xcel officials said Saturday morning.