Wed. was good; Fri jumped the gun

I understand Xcel's need to turn off power to prevent fires and CYA. It must be hard.

Wednesday, they did a great job, shutting off power around 4:30pm within moments of the wind kicking up really high in Niwot. And the power went back on a couple hours later. All made sense.

But Friday, they really jumped the gun for Niwot! They warned us on Thurs they'd shut it off on Fri from 5am - 6 pm. And they did shut it off at 5am on Fri. But there was no wind. Not even a breeze.

At 7:17am Fri, they then said it wouldn't be back on till the next day (Sat) at 10pm! And there was still barely a breeze so I was totally perplexed. Finally, by mid-afternoon the wind kicked up high enough to warrant shutoff.

Then there was confusion. At 7:56am on Fri, they went back to saying it would be turned on that day at 6:30pm. Then at 12:53, they went back to saying it wouldn't be on till 10:30 the next night, Sat.! Then they said restoration would begin Sat am and it may take a hours or DAYS to complete.

Again on Saturday, they said it should be restored by 10pm and it was restored by 10am...which was great. But after 45 min, it went out again. Then it finally went back on by mid day. This confusion is understandable because winds can change on a dime. But the inconsistent communications was frustrating.

I just don't understand why they turned it off so early on Friday, so many hours before there was any worthy wind.

They really need to start burying power lines. We pay them enough.