DENVER — Xcel Energy is telling its customers to prepare for possible power shutoffs as the potential for critical fire weather looms over the Front Range and most of eastern Colorado next week.
In an email sent to customers Saturday, the utility company encouraged the public to “take steps to prepare for potential wildfires and power outages now.”
Xcel has not yet confirmed whether it plans to implement any public safety power shutoffs (PSPS) in the coming days. And if so, where will they occur?
These fire safety blackouts, implemented in the wake of the Marshall Fire, have impacted hundreds of thousands of customers on Colorado’s Front Range on at least two other occasions this season…