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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.
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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.
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Xcel has one job. That's it. So why in the world does Xcel think it's ok to just cut off power?! Why does this ridiculous "strategy" actually have a name?! Xcel has been allowed to have a monopoly, so the state has allowed them to come up with whatever crazy "plan" they want to utilize in order to continue to make huge amounts of money.
They're an enormously profitable monopoly, and they have been given free rein. Of course they will do things that help them remain incredibly profitable. Apparently they must be forced to spend money to upgrade equipment... Continue reading
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PSPS cannot be come the norm - Xcel fixing their infrastructure must be prioritized.
My family was privileged that we could afford to go drop $1K on a generator along with $150 in propane and $50 in ice. We lost around $200 in food by the time we could get the generator in place. I am grateful it was warm because we have 3 small children including an 8 month old baby and with our gas fireplace and gas stove could maintain enough home heat and hot water to get by, but if it had been colder we would have... Continue reading
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Let me be clear at the outset: I fully support mitigating natural disasters—especially wildfires—whenever and wherever possible. Public safety must always come first. That said, the way this recent power shutoff was executed was deeply mismanaged and remarkably tone-deaf on Xcel’s part.
It’s hard to ignore the broader context. This outage felt less like a carefully planned safety measure and more like a political pressure tactic following the state’s settlement related to the Marshall Fire. With the state unwilling to assume future fire risk, Xcel appears to be protecting itself by shifting the burden to customers. While I can understand... Continue reading
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We can all agree we don’t like wildfires. But what’s the reasonable response to the threat? It can’t be to shut down the power whenever the wind blows.
After the last/first Public Safety Power Shutoff (2024), the PUC insisted that Xcel better communicate with its customers. The recent double voluntary PSPS outages shows that Xcel learned little and has done little.
With little regard for its customers, Xcel sticks its head in the sand. It has neither built the infrastructure needed or developed the communication skills to keep the public updated.
What’s missing?
First, there is no reliable information about... Continue reading
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Let me start this story with the week BEFORE the week of the Dec. 2025 PSPS. On Dec. 9th we got multiple messages from Xcel about a power outage that we did NOT have. On Dec. 11th we got 4 phone calls from Xcel in the middle of the night about another power outage they said we had, but did NOT, which kept us awake. So the next day I talked with an Xcel tech about a possible system error that was assigning homes to the wrong Xcel power circuits. He promised an "investigation" and that I would be sent... Continue reading
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Having lived in Fl for most of my life I have experienced numerous loss of power incidents due to storms. The big difference between those and these PSPS is the response to restoring power. In hurricane prone areas, power companies from all over the US send trucks and crews ahead of time and are staged to begin working on power restoration asap. The response is massive and noticeable. Here there was virtually no response other than from the local crews, grossly inadequate to restore power to thousands of customers in a short time period. We saw no Excel trucks in... Continue reading
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I'm a neighbor that lives in Longmont, where I have municipal utilities and experienced exactly zero seconds of power disruption from the same two days of wind storms (my trash can certainly went on a short journey though.)
In following the coverage of the wind storm I found out that Xcel energy has posted around $7 billion in profits since 2021. Meanwhile they have been claiming it's prohibitively expensive, to the tune of hundreds of millions, to modernize our infrastructure.
From my perspective it looks a lot like Xcel energy has been pocketing the money intended for maintenance while asking... Continue reading
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Dear Sirs , Regarding the Dec 2025 power shutoff. The communication was terrible you would get a notice and then soon after you would get something totally different. I am concerned that the shutoff was unnecessary . The community that I am in has no above ground power lines so what was the concern? It looks like Excel was just trying to limit there liability. Causing residents to stay in hotels and throw away ruined food.It seem like some sort of compensation would be in order. I am hoping that every time there is a little wind that the power... Continue reading
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While we fully recognize the need for wildfire safety (especially in light of the devastating Marshall fire) Xcel Energy needs to improve how they conduct PSPS events.
Xcel's initial communications were vague as to if a shutoff would occur and when power might be restored. I am not knowledgeable of Xcel's electricity grid interconnects, but the shutoff areas seemed extremely broad yet had gaps where power was not impacted. This was evident in the Candelas and Westwoods areas leaving residents on one side of the street wondering why their power was out, yet their neighbors continued to have electrical power... Continue reading
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PSPS last week was a massive failure of the stated goals and placed unreasonable hardship on the community and increased risk of fatalities and fires during the event.
4 days of power outages in Golden due to planned shutoff of 2 PSPS events last week was a complete failure to eliminate fire risk from power lines evidenced by the fact residents and businesses were without power in many locations while neighbors across the street were energized with power during the entire PSPS and that there was NO WIND whatsoever during the second PSPS in Golden. Each PSPS required days for... Continue reading
