Fix this by fining Xcel for each outage

The disruption to our lives was absolutely unacceptable, even for those of us who didn't lose power but were near the outage area. First, Xcel's maps changed multiple times which made a fun game of trying to figure out if you were going to have power. Then, the school district canceled school *district wide* on Wednesday when it was totally inappropriate to do so. My child's school was canceled for on Friday because we were "too close" to the projected outage boundary. I get that it was the last week before break, but pulling kids out of school is detrimental to their education. Also, I'm very concerned that the threshold for these types of outages is arbitrary and that we're going to see more of these than snow days going forward.

At the end of the day the PUC has the power to make Xcel fix this by burying their lines in high wind corridors. It's absolutely unacceptable that we're 4 years post Marshall fire and still dealing with this. The solution is straightforward: fine Xcel every time they have to do one of these blackouts. The formula should be proportional to the number of people blacked out times the duration of the outage. Use the fine money to compensate those that suffer financial consequences from Xcel's continued incompetence. That will strongly incentivize Xcel to bury their lines instead of continuing to shirk their responsibilities. If the PUC can't get their act together, then Governor Polis should replace everyone on the commission.