power outages

Gov. Jared Polis on Tuesday rebuked Xcel Energy’s decision to preemptively shut off power to roughly tens of thousands of customers in anticipation of strong winds over the weekend, saying it should have been done “as a last resort.” That decision, Polis said, “further harmed Xcel’s reputation and social license.”  The windstorm that hammered the Front…

Gov. Jared Polis on Tuesday rebuked Xcel Energy’s decision to preemptively shut off power to roughly tens of thousands of customers in anticipation of strong winds over the weekend, saying it should have been done “as a last resort.” That decision, Polis said, “further harmed Xcel’s reputation and social license.”  The windstorm that hammered the Front…