Polis directs PUC to investigate Xcel Energy following preemptive power outage

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DENVER — Governor Jared Polis on Tuesday directed the Colorado Public Utilities Commission to investigate Xcel Energy following the company's preemptive power shutoff.

As of Tuesday morning, power has been restored to 95% of customers, according to the company. Xcel expects all power to be restored by Tuesday. “That involves both evaluating the National Weather Service information on what type of wind, how high the winds are going to be, in addition to the topography of the community, or the area, and also the fuel source. And the fuel source could be a combination between live and dead fuel source on the ground,” Velasquez Horvath said.

Xcel will soon submit its wildfire mitigation plan to the PUC. In his letter, Polis directed the PUC to investigate six requirements in that plan:

 

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