As Boulder’s power grid falters, Xcel begins major undergrounding projects

As Boulder’s power grid falters, Xcel begins major undergrounding projects

This story is part of a series, Rewiring Boulder, examining local solutions for a power grid under pressure from wildfire and climate change. The first story explored why so many of Boulder’s powerlines remain above ground more than 50 years after the city began undergrounding them.  Xcel Energy is moving forward with several major undergrounding and grid-hardening projects around Boulder, including burying a powerline near the city’s wastewater…