Some Common Sense Questions.

We live and have a business in the Golden / Jefferson County area with two commercial properties. Here are some simple questions:

1. When building an addition to our one commercial building in Golden CO we were forced to engineer to 150 mph wind loads. If the residents and businesses in the area have to adhere to these criteria is it that difficult to ask that your supporting utilities can carry the same rating? If the City of Golden requires this, why are they not holding Xcel accountable.

2. Does Xcel employees have watches? If you say you are turning power of at 10am, that is not 9:50 am. We were in the process of shutting down servers and heavy industrial equipment when you threw the switch. Surely you can do it on time? That is a very dangerous thing to do and can cause harm to machines and computers.

Asking us to be prepared when you act randomly is not ok.

When poles break in the wind it is not a sign to show how hard the wind blew, it is a sign that the poles are undersized. The wind is not new, as illustrated by the wind load requirement on buildings.