Xcel Power Outage 2024 Archives - The Boulder Reporting Lab

After last year’s chaotic wildfire power shutoff, Xcel promises clearer warnings. Here’s what to know.

by Por Jaijongkit July 22, 2025July 24, 2025

Xcel urges residents with medical needs to enroll in its Safe for Colorado program for improved outage alerts.

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Colorado PUC criticizes Xcel Energy for April wind storm outage, notes $1.4M losses for Boulder businesses

by Tim Drugan June 13, 2024June 13, 2024

Boulder’s Xcel community advisory panel gives feedback and wants answers on wildfire outages

by Tim Drugan May 14, 2024May 15, 2024

Power outage at Boulder wastewater plant sparks questions about Xcel’s contract compliance, emergency preparedness

by Tim Drugan May 2, 2024May 3, 2024

Are microgrids the key to combating Xcel Energy’s wildfire-driven power outages in Boulder?

by Tim Drugan April 28, 2024April 29, 2024

Boulder City Council urges Xcel to compensate customers for financial losses during planned outage

by John Herrick April 18, 2024April 19, 2024

Local Government

City emails during Xcel power outage reveal widespread confusion and near-miss sewage threat to Boulder Creek

by Tim Drugan and John Herrick April 16, 2024July 22, 2025

Boulder power outage: Some residents were left without electricity for nearly three days, city manager says

by John Herrick April 11, 2024April 11, 2024

Colorado PUC to investigate Xcel Energy’s wildfire safety outage amid confusion, revenue loss

by BRL Staff April 10, 2024April 10, 2024

Polis urges PUC to investigate Xcel’s wildfire prevention outage missteps

by BRL Staff April 9, 2024April 10, 2024

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