The windstorm caused extensive damage to homes, businesses and the grid – Xcel crews replaced and repaired critical infrastructure along the Front Range."The wind event caused surrounding vegetation to damage our equipment, breaking over 100 poles, including over 30 poles with transformers, which needed to be replaced and no longer safe for reliable service," said Tyler Bryant, Xcel media relations."The crews also replaced over 325 cross arms and 67,000 feet of wire.
There were still thousands of Xcel customers without power on Tuesday morning – more than 150,000 customers experienced outages as strong winds moved through Colorado this weekend. "Again, we appreciate our customers’ patience as our crews worked throughout the extreme wind event to restore power," Xcel said in an email to 9NEWS."We recognize that being without this essential service brings challenges. We are learning to live and work with the reality of new, extreme weather events that can affect the grid."
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