Not even 24 hour notice and a lie!

We were told that there MAY be a shut off and this was only a maybe! The message stated that Xcel would possibly cut power during the event of the storm starting at 3pm Saturday the 6th, and would be restored by noon Sunday the 7th.

As I was preparing to shut down a restaurant for the supposed event, the power went out at 2:15, 45 minutes before the speculated shut down.

As a family of 5 in a rural setting, we rely on a working well, power in order to prepare food, propane to heat us, and and internet service to communicate with work etc. It was "black for us for 3 days. Not the promised 21 hours.

We were lied to. Xcel was not true to their terms and we were left in a jam with our ability to feed ourselves, have proper hygiene, warm ourselves, and communicate with our jobs properly. They took 2 extra days than promised to return our power. We had no time to prepare for such a life interrupting, planned event. Do Better Xcel. Electricity and the ability to communicate is recognized as a right.