A wake up call

During this December 2025 Xcel PSP shut off it became alarming clear that there needs to be more public safety stations set up that have backup power to help save lives of the senior and vulnerable population. Also, we need hard wired land lines back for basic communication and emergency communication. If an entire grid is electric based, it is 100% dangerous and life threatening when that grid is shut down and people have no way to reach out for help (EMT, family or friends) and no way to use other reliable generators that aren't electric based to power vital equipment.

Xcel's outage map was consistently inaccurate. It didn't show where crew members were on site or accurate outages. My own address didn't show as being out when we still don't have power 5 days later. More detailed and accurate information is needed to provide for the customers impacted.