Fire Danger in the City of Denver

On December 19, 2025, an Xcel property (1570 W Jewell) caught fire In the Ruby Hill neighborhood. Many of the Xcel properties inside the city of Denver are not maintained to prevent brush fires. One would think a company that settled the Marshall Fire claims for 640 million dollars would look to prevent these fires from happening again in urban areas.

PUC to the rescue

On Jan 22, the utility pole in the alley behind my house was replaced. Yes, power off for four hours when the temperature was barely above freezing. Whoever thought that would be a good idea? The original pole had a light that lt up the alley for safety reasons. A light was installed on the new pole. The old light pointed east so that the rectangular beam of light lit up the north/south alley. The new light was installed pointing south east. No light on the alley and extensive light pollution on private property, including my backyard and the back…

Fraudulent Billing and Usage

I opened my account with Xcel back in September of 2020. I am relatively young and have bounced from apartment to apartment communities due to increased rent prices; every time submitting the proper stop/transfer service requests to my new address. Around mid 2023 (or so) I discovered through my usage statement that my address on my statement was incorrect. I called and tried to get that resolved and was informed that I may “see back charges” for the time I was billed for the wrong unit (which was NOT my fault and a failure of the Xcel Customer Service Team…