Twenty-two Years of Power outages and bumps in Watkins, CO

Over twenty-two years, I have filed multiple complaints with PUC regarding Xcel Energy and things have not improved. It is always the same 74 customers that go without power in Watkins. I have reached out to CORE Electric out of Bennett, to see if I can switch and I was told no. Xcel has no competition and they continue to not fix our problem. The explanation from Xcel continues to say. "Unknown Cause Not Determined", and yet we have been without power for up to 18 hours. I would like to know how they fix the problem if they do not know what is causing the problem?

Just the latest power outage or power bumps are:

Nov 16-17, 2025

Nov 12, 2025

Oct 16, 2025

Oct 13, 2025

Oct 4, 2025

Sept 30, 2025

Xcel's response:

11/16/2025 9:49 PM

2h 41m

Unknown Cause Not Determined

11/12/2025 6:37 PM

0h 3m

Accidental Switch Error

10/15/2025 11:25 PM

0h 0m

Unknown Cause Not Determined

10/15/2025 8:11 PM

12h 12m

Unknown Cause Not Determined

10/4/2025 3:18 PM

5h 39m

Unknown Cause Not Determined

10/4/2025 11:36 AM

2h 34m

Unknown Cause Not Determined

10/4/2025 8:45 AM

2h 24m

Unknown Cause Not Determined

9/30/2025 8:22 PM

1h 38m

Unknown Cause Not Determined

7/21/2025 9:08 AM

1h 27m

Conductor Contact - Floating

7/14/2025 7:57 AM

4h 15m

Unknown Cause Not Determined

5/25/2025 4:39 PM

5h 49m

Lightning Strike

5/14/2025 4:22 PM

0h 0m

Unknown Cause Not Determined

3/18/2025 9:08 PM

13h 43m

Unknown Cause Not Determined

3/18/2025 8:18 PM

18h 53m

Unknown Cause Not Determined

3/17/2025 1:00 PM

4h 41m

Animal Contact UG Equipment

2/13/2025 10:16 AM

0h 0m

Unknown Cause Not Determined

11/21/2024 1:05 PM

0h 0m

Recloser Bushing Failure

11/9/2024 3:59 PM

0h 0m

Unknown Cause Not Determined

9/26/2024 5:46 PM

5h 28m

Unknown Cause Not Determined

6/10/2024 12:14 AM

0h 0m

Switch UG or Load Center

4/17/2024 4:04 AM

0h 0m

Intentional Clear for Construct

8/21/2023 2:12 AM

0h 0m

Unknown Cause Not Determined

8/1/2023 3:26 PM

22h 53m

Pole Fire

8/1/2023 3:15 PM

0h 0m

Pole Fire

6/20/2023 4:53 AM

0h 3m

Unknown Cause Under Invest

5/12/2023 11:10 PM

0h 0m

Unknown Cause Not Determined

1/12/2023 11:34 PM

0h 0m

Intentional to Clear Pole Fire



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