Tag: Power Shutdown
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Colorado PUC investigates intentional power shutdown, aims to protect customers
When Xcel Energy decided to cut power to customers earlier this month, more than 168,000 people across nine front range counties endured traffic havoc when signals went down, sent to waste untold amounts of refrigerated goods and scaring medical patients who needed that power. Officials intentionally shut down some 600 miles of power lines to…
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Investigation launched into Xcel Energy’s preemptive power shutoff, which left Colorado governor frustrated
Colorado’s energy regulators on Wednesday decided to open an investigation into Xcel Energy’s decision to preemptively shut off power over the weekend, which left thousands of people without electricity — some for two days — and compelled the governor to rebuke the energy company. In a news release, the Public Utilities Commission said it is exploring…