Prioritize schools

If proactive shut offs become a regular occurrence (not that that would be in any way justifiable but still...), I hope schools will be exempted from the shut offs (and of course hospitals). This time the shut off was during a weekend and only a few schools had to remain closed on Monday - which was bad enough. If something like this happens during the week it would be highly advantageous to have schools open so kids have a warm place to go with a warm meal. I hope this will be a priority in the PUC's considerations. Thank you for asking for our feedback.

This is not a communication issue, this is a greed issue

This is not solely a notification or communication issue. There should not be precautionary shut downs, and there should be less risk of damage in big windstorms. Xcel should have started working years ago to improve the resilience of their power lines. They need to greatly reinforce power lines in critical spots, bury lines when needed/possible, and take whatever other steps experts recommend to make power more reliable in our increasingly stormy world. For a company to just throw its hands up and claim it can do nothing besides stop delivering the power that it's paid to deliver is a…

Health concerns

My partner had a cardiac event earlier in the week. A technician came to our house on Sat to fit him with a defibrillator vest. We were never notified of the power outage and the power went out at 3:00. The defibrillator vest was unable to relay real time cardiac information because of no internet. We went to the library on Sun to use the internet and to charge the vests batteries. My partner uses oxygen at night and was unable to because of outage. The power came on Sun afternoon- our refrigerator did not. Columbine Appliance came out on…

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