BOULDER, Colo. (CN) — Over the last month, 2,000 plaintiffs signed settlements with Xcel Energy, agreeing to withdraw their claims against the utility for losses in the 2021 Marshall Fire, attorneys representing the utility told a Colorado judge on Wednesday.
“With respect to the individual plaintiffs, we already have 2,000-plus signed up, and we anticipate that we will have binding agreements with a majority of the plaintiffs,” said attorney Kevin Orsini, who represents the utility.
An investigation by the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office attributed two causes to the blaze on Dec. 30, 2021: embers from a loose Xcel Energy power line and the remains of a scrap fire that had been buried on Christmas Eve…