Xcel Energy Plans for Possible Power Shutoffs in Colorado This Weekend

Xcel warns Boulder power shutoff likely Saturday amid extreme wildfire danger

This is a developing story. It was last updated at 5 p.m. on March 13. Xcel Energy says a public safety power shutoff Saturday, March 14, is “likely” as extreme fire danger peaks along the Front Range. The shutoff would begin around 2 p.m. and could affect about 18,000 customers in Boulder and Jefferson counties, an estimate that keeps changing. Xcel expects conditions to improve around 5 p.m., but heightened fire risk is forecast to continue th…

Xcel Energy plans for possible power shutoffs in Colorado this weekend

Xcel Energy has planned for possible Public Safety Power Shutoffs beginning on Saturday, March 14, around 2 p.m.

Dry, windy conditions to create high fire danger through weekend across Front Range, Eastern Plains

Xcel Energy is planning another possible power outage Saturday in Jefferson and Boulder counties ahead of critical fire weather

Hazardous fire weather continues into weekend. Planned power outages likely for Boulder and Jefferson Counties

Xcel says power shutoff possible on Saturday in parts of Boulder, Jefferson counties

Xcel Energy says some customers in Boulder and Jefferson counties could have power outages on Saturday as part of a possible Public Safety Power Shutoff.

Xcel may shut off power in Boulder, Jefferson counties Saturday because of high winds

Xcel Energy is potentially shutting off power to customers in Boulder and Jefferson counties around 2 p.m. on Saturday due to high winds.