Tag: Xcel Energy Power Outage
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Xcel Energy defends power shutoffs
Xcel Energy officials defended the company’s use of public safety power shutoffs during extreme wind events as a necessary step to prevent wildfires, while telling Colorado lawmakers the company is accelerating efforts to make future outages more targeted and shorter. Robert Kenney, president and CEO of Xcel Energy Colorado, told a joint legislative committee Jan.…
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Xcel president says Polis criticism ‘uninformed,’ most to get power back by 10 p.m.
As tens of thousands of Xcel Energy customers remained without power Saturday morning, officials said criticism about what some called the organization’s lack of communication was unwarranted. Robert Kenney, president of Xcel Energy Colorado, said that the company had communicated with customers as early as last week about potential power shutoffs, and had worked with…