Tag: Power Lines
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Xcel Energy moves dirt on phase 2 of Power Pathway Project
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Xcel Energy officials gathered recently at the company’s Fort Saint Vrain power plant near Platteville for a symbolic groundbreaking of its first75-mile segment of the company’s $1.7 billion Power Pathway project. Eventually, the project comprised of 550-miles of high-voltage electric transmission lines in eastern Colorado…
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Xcel seeking $1.82 billion wildfire mitigation program expansion
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Xcel Energy is proposing a $1.85 billion program to continue and expand its wildfire mitigation program through 2027. It will ultimately cost the average residential customer about $8.88 per month by January 1, 2025. The bill increases will be incremental based on the progress Xcel…
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Power companies race to prevent powerlines, equipment from causing wildfires
A wildfire that burned through 1,700 square miles in Texas last week killed two women, destroyed as many as 500 structures, and ravaged thousands of cattle. A fire driven by winds that exceeded 100 mph tore through 1,100 homes and killed two people in Superior, Louisville, and Boulder County three years ago. And the catastrophic…
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Xcel Energy not immune from man’s electrocution lawsuit, appeals court rules
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Colorado’s second-highest court ruled last week that Xcel Energy is not immune from lawsuit after its power lines delivered a debilitating shock to a landscaping worker who was attempting to hang Christmas lights on a nearby tree. Xcel sought to avoid liability under two different mechanisms. First, the state’s High Voltage Safety Act requires parties working…