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Xcel is planning a potential PSPS for parts of Larimer and Weld on Friday January 14, 2026.
On December 17, 2025 Xcel Energy implemented a Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) impacting around 52,000 customers in Boulder, Clear Creek, Jefferson, Larimer and Weld counties. Again on December 19, 2025 Xcel Energy implemented a second PSPS event that impacted approximately 69,000 customers in those same counties. Total outages across these days were higher due to damage from this storm and other protective measures implemented by Xcel.
PSPS events are implemented in order to reduce the risk of a wildfire caused by power lines or other utility infrastructure. The Public Utilities Commission does not approve or deny Xcel’s use of proactive shutoffs however, the Agency does have an important role in ensuring that the communication, preparation and coordination of PSPS events is protective of customers.
The PUC is creating a new set of rules establishing permanent requirements and standards for public safety power shutoffs. Staff is currently working to draft these rules and welcomes input from Xcel customers on their experiences with the most recent PSPS events. This information will help ensure that the PUC’s rules are comprehensive.
Please take a few minutes to give us your feedback through the survey or comment links below.
Xcel is planning a potential PSPS for parts of Larimer and Weld on Friday January 14, 2026.
On December 17, 2025 Xcel Energy implemented a Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) impacting around 52,000 customers in Boulder, Clear Creek, Jefferson, Larimer and Weld counties. Again on December 19, 2025 Xcel Energy implemented a second PSPS event that impacted approximately 69,000 customers in those same counties. Total outages across these days were higher due to damage from this storm and other protective measures implemented by Xcel.
PSPS events are implemented in order to reduce the risk of a wildfire caused by power lines or other utility infrastructure. The Public Utilities Commission does not approve or deny Xcel’s use of proactive shutoffs however, the Agency does have an important role in ensuring that the communication, preparation and coordination of PSPS events is protective of customers.
The PUC is creating a new set of rules establishing permanent requirements and standards for public safety power shutoffs. Staff is currently working to draft these rules and welcomes input from Xcel customers on their experiences with the most recent PSPS events. This information will help ensure that the PUC’s rules are comprehensive.
Please take a few minutes to give us your feedback through the survey or comment links below.
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Because your billion dollar company is too cheap to do what is right, this incident cost me over $1200 in hotel rooms and lost food. We thought the power would be restored at 6 pm Wednesday, December 17 and it was not restored until 12 noonish Thursday, December 18, 2025. I was scheduled for knee surgery on Friday, December 19. I had to book two hotel rooms because my elderly Parents (92 and 87) were freezing Thursday morning. No one was looking out for the vulnerable.Because I couldn’t trust your restoration time, I had to book a 3rd night and... Continue reading
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I think everyone can universally agree on four things:
No one wants their house to burn down
The PSPS was incredibly inconvenient, lasted too long and cost people a lot of money
This is going to happen again
It will cost billions to bury lines and Xcel cannot (or will not) invest in R&D for better technology and infrastructure that will bring immediately relief
With these things in mind, I propose Xcel begin a program that will provide people with solar powered generators for emergency back up in these events. Expensive? Yes. But a lot cheaper than a $640M lawsuit... Continue reading
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I had my power shut off for more than 24 hours twice within a 3-day span. This was incredibly disruptive to our work, childcare, and daily living.
This should only be used as an absolute last resort and needs to be able to be responsive to the actual weather conditions. For the first outage, there was indeed wind. But the second outage was 36 hours and there was ZERO WIND. This is unacceptable. Why can't Xcel control the system more actively and only take action when absolutely necessary?
And Xcel is doing absolutely nothing to help residents other than very... Continue reading
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I truly understand the reasoning behind the Public Safety Power Shutoff - especially for certain areas where there are trees and other easily flammable materials next to, or under, the power lines. I remember the Marshall Fire well, and also several other fires near and in Boulder.
But, Excel's grid is completely CRAZY. We live in "Affordable Housing" that is all electric, on 28th Street (US 36) between Valmont and Mapleton in the city of Boulder. Our power was off for 7 1/2 hours on Wednesday, 17 December. We had two brief outages on Thursday, 18 December. Our power went... Continue reading
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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... Continue reading
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I live on the western side of Arvada, and my power first went out at 9:40 AM on Wednesday, and was restored around 1:00 PM on Thursday. There was absolutely no wind for hours after the power was cut, and when the wind picked up at my house, it was probably three or four in the afternoon. The second time my power went out on Friday, it was 5:40 AM and that outage lasted until around noon on Saturday. There wasn't any wind for hours again after the power was cut. I was surprised how stressful the power outages would... Continue reading
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We have lived in the North Table Mountain area for 22+ years. Xcel turned off our power Wednesday morning, hours before there was even so much as a breeze. We’ve had much worse wind. But at least we had power. Over the next four days our power was off for 54 hours, putting us in the Dark Ages along with thousands of other residents.
Xcel needs to fix their flawed infrastructure instead of shutting down the entire system.
And stop wasting our money on PR campaign ads telling everyone how great you are, Xcel. Show us instead.
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My frustration lies with shut off being the primary source of management for the wildfire risk due to wind and dry weather. I would like to see less money going to shareholders so that Xcel can spend money on burying or improving the frail power grid to make it more robust . Customers without power as the new normal and shareholders still making record profits as our rates increase doesn't make sense. If Xcel truly reports to the PUC, then the PUBLIC should be considered in making the grid more robust, at a cost to shareholders. Not every company makes... Continue reading
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We live in the Green Mountain area and only lost power for 4 hrs. Luckily, we were notified the night before, saying it would be out 5 am - 6 pm the following day so had some time to prepare. However, the next morning after it got cut off, we got another notification saying power would be restored by 10 pm the FOLLOWING day, and then not 2-3 hrs later power was restored. So all in all, not too affected, but communication caused us a lot of uncertainly. Meanwhile, we could look out our window during the outage and see... Continue reading
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United Power recently upgraded the power lines in Coal Creek Canyon, but gets it's main feed from Xcel. It seemed that our canyon was "safe" with the Hendrix lines, yet our power was cut off anyway. Lived in this house in the canyon for 20 years and have never had the power off for so long (except maybe the 2013 flood) -- thus never felt the need for a generator. We lost about $400 worth of food in the freezer and fridge and spent one night in a motel due to the intermittent power outages. Our water source is a... Continue reading
