Xcel outage

It was ironic to read this story after we had several outages today as well.

Missing breakfast

I live in Northwest Aurora and have noticed a large uptick in power outages over the last couple years. I have an alarm system at home that lets me know every time there is a power outage and when it returns. Just before the 4th of July last year we had a power outage because of a squirrel. Since then, I have lost power on 10/16/24, 11/10/24, 12/11/24, 1/11/25, 5/26/25, 6/28/25, 7/8/25. The outages happen a lot in early morning times for a couple of hours. This is actually the worst time for my husband because he makes breakfast at…

Regretting buying a house in this neighborhood because of Xcel

Most days, I work from home. I moved to Golden I 2022 and suffered a single outage in my nearly 3 years living there. I January 2025, I was finally able to buy my first home and landed on a house in an otherwise great neighborhood, Columbine Hills. Since May, I've lost power 10 times, nearly all of which happened during my work hours. I've never received a warning about a planned outage, including this past Friday (September 5), where the planned outage lasted 7 hours. I'd love to know why Xcel continues to be allowed to run a monopoly…