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Gov. Jared Polis directs PUC to investigate Xcel’s intentional power outages during extreme winds

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Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton reports on the business beat at The Denver Post. Previously, she worked in Washington, D.C., as a Capitol Hill reporter at Bloomberg Government, covering agriculture and trade policy. Megan received her master's in mass communication from Arizona State University.

Broken utility poles are seen along U.S. 36 between Lefthand Canyon Drive and Nelson Road in Boulder County after high winds were reported over the weekend on Monday, April 8, 2024. Gov. Jared Polis has directed the Colorado Public Utilities Commission to investigate the consequences of Xcel Energy’s decision to preemptively shut off power across six counties during the weekend’s extreme winds.

The commission is to put protections in place to ensure future decisions around service shutdowns occur when they’re “consistent with the public interest and when absolutely necessary.” It will also examine several other aspects of Xcel’s upcoming wildfire mitigation plan, including the company’s emergency response coordination.

“We recognize that being without this essential service brings challenges,” Kenney wrote in a statement. “We learned a lot from this storm.”

 

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