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| Oct 1, 2026 | Xcel’s Colorado customers are losing power more often and for longer periods. Regulators want answers. | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
Residents and businesses in Boulder have lost power six times since Aug. 20 as the city and county grapple with the threat of wildfires and an aging electrical infrastructure.
The frequent outages ... |
| Sep 23, 2026 | Colorado will create new rules for Xcel’s preemptive power shutoffs during high winds | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
A barrage of complaints about Xcel Energy’s preemptive power shutoffs on windy days has led state regulators to craft guidelines around how Colorado’s largest power company uses them in an effort t... |
| Sep 23, 2026 | “See Tracks? Think Train® Week” urges Coloradans to make safe choices around railroad tracks | Statewide — During See Tracks? Think Train® Week, Sept. 21 to 27, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC), Colorado Operation Lifesaver, and rail safety partners are reminding Coloradans ... |
| Sep 21, 2026 | Xcel faces backlash from Colorado developers over power-connection delays | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
Colorado real estate developer RedT Homes is suing Xcel Energy, alleging years of repeated delays in providing electrical service to its Denver residential projects. Nathan Adams, CEO and owner of ... |
| Aug 30, 2026 | As regulators seek data center power rules, critics say Xcel is proposing ‘secret process’ as loophole for some projects | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
Data center companies are waiting in line to connect to Colorado’s power grid as regulators craft rules for the state’s largest utility — rules that would become the most comprehensive standards in... |
| Aug 19, 2026 | Xcel Energy bills to increase estimated $5 a month for Colorado residential customers | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
Xcel Energy’s Colorado customers will see their monthly electric bills increase in the coming months after state regulators on Wednesday approved a rate hike that was significantly smaller than wha... |
| Jun 18, 2026 | Three Colorado coal plants are staying open longer. Experts say that only prolongs their impacts on public health. | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
Colorado Springs resident Jane Ard-Smith told Colorado state lawmakers in April that granting a request by her municipal utility to keep its coal-fired power plant running three years past its plan... |
| Jun 13, 2026 | Xcel Energy still facing pushback after cutting electric rate hike request | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
A proposed settlement that would cut 37% off of the electric rate increase sought by Xcel Energy would still be the highest-ever jump in yearly revenue for a utility in Colorado history, according ... |
| Apr 29, 2026 | Utility decisions are public health decisions; Colorado must get PUC reauthorization right (Opinion) | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By Leslie Schein
Health care professionals are trained to look beyond a single symptom and to consider the whole person, including the impacts of their environment, risk factors and lifestyle on th... |
| Apr 28, 2026 | New federal report shows residential utility shutoffs in Colorado, other states | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
A new federal report shows 133,698 disconnections of electricity to residences and 5,267 shut-offs of natural gas service took place in Colorado in 2024 because of nonpayment of bills.
The report b... |
| Feb 18, 2026 | Colorado regulators keep Xcel renewable energy projects on fast track | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
Despite remaining questions, the Colorado Public Utilities Commission agreed Wednesday to back a big portion of projects that Xcel Energy wants to pursue before federal tax credits for renewable so... |
| Feb 15, 2026 | Boulder official cites price, time among obstacles in undergrounding powerlines | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
Undergrounding powerlines continues to be a mainstream solution to reduce wildfire risks in Colorado.
Undergrounding is just what it sounds like — taking power lines and burying them underground. U... |
| Feb 1, 2026 | After December’s chaotic power shutoffs, Xcel must upgrade our infrastructure (Editorial) | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
It has become impossible to ignore the public outcry against Xcel following December’s public safety power shutoff — and rightly so.
In the wake of the energy company’s PSPS, which affected more th... |
| Jan 31, 2026 | Xcel Energy’s preemptive power shutoffs scrutinized by legislature | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
Faced with a barrage of complaints, Xcel Energy used a legislative committee hearing Friday to explain and defend its decision to preemptively cut power in spots along the Front Range in December t... |
| Jan 29, 2026 | Two Boulder County wildfires were sparked by downed Xcel lines, fire districts say | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
Two December wildfires, one of which prompted hundreds in the Boulder County foothills to evacuate, were caused by downed Xcel Energy lines that the utility re-energized without checking for damage... |
| Jan 29, 2026 | Xcel must consider citizens with special needs; keep supporting BIFF; our emperor has no clothes (Letters) | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
Xcel must consider citizens with special needs
I am a 95-year-old professional woman who lives alone and requires nightly oxygen and has mobility problems. I had a very difficult time during the Xc... |
| Jan 28, 2026 | Boulder County residents tell PUC their power-outage stories | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
During Xcel Energy’s late December public safety power shutoff, a power line went down, had power restored and sparked a fire; an elderly woman who relies on oxygen was without power; and a Jamesto... |
| Jan 22, 2026 | Boulder calls for Xcel to compensate customers impacted by power shutoffs | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
In the eyes of the Boulder City Council, Xcel Energy has “eroded the trust” of Boulder customers.
That comes from a draft of a scathing letter from the City Council to Xcel Energy. The letter admon... |
| Jan 8, 2026 | Xcel Energy seeks natural gas rate hike a month after proposing higher electric rates | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
Not far behind a request for higher electric rates, Xcel Energy is asking regulators to approve natural gas rates that would boost the average residential bill by $7.59 a month.
The utility is seek... |
| Jan 6, 2026 | When the lights go out: Who bears the cost of public safety power shutoffs? (Opinion) | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By Matt Benjamin
When Xcel Energy initiated the recent Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS) on Dec. 17, 2025, along the Front Range, the impacts were immediate and painful. Restaurants dumped thousa... |
| Dec 31, 2025 | Boulder stayed safe during windstorm because of city planning. We must all play a part in continuing that work. (Opinion) | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By Rob Kaplan and Nicole Speer
The windstorm that tore across Boulder recently was frightening, disruptive and potentially catastrophic. It was also a reminder of the environment we are living in n... |
| Dec 27, 2025 | Community Editorial Board: New Year’s resolutions for Boulder | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
Members of our Community Editorial Board, a group of community residents who are engaged with and passionate about local issues, respond to the following question: There is no time for a fresh star... |
| Dec 23, 2025 | What did you think of Xcel’s planned power outages? Colorado utility regulators want to know | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
Colorado regulators are asking for public feedback on Xcel Energy’s planned power outages last week after the utility company shut off electricity to 100,000 customers along the Front Range to mini... |
| Nov 22, 2025 | Xcel Energy seeks $355.5M revenue hike, increasing residential bills nearly 10% on average | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
Xcel Energy, Colorado’s largest electric utility, has asked state regulators for an increase of $355.5 million to its rate base, which would boost the average residential electric bill by nearly 10... |
| Nov 11, 2025 | Xcel Energy seeks to delay closing coal plant while its largest generating unit remains down | Xcel Energy is asking state regulators to allow it to keep a coal plant running a year longer than planned to ensure the utility can meet growing electricity needs while its largest power plant is out of commission.
Xcel filed a petition Mo... |
| Aug 3, 2025 | Colorado regulators OK Xcel Energy’s plan to join power marketplace, despite cost concerns | About 60% of the nation’s electric power supply is managed by regional organizations, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. However, most of that is in the East.
PUC Chairman Eric Blank said he is focused on the potential... |
| Aug 1, 2025 | Gov. Jared Polis directs Colorado agencies to expedite clean energy projects after Congress clips tax credits | The state will also try to speed up contracts for efforts on state property that are eligible for tax credits, such as electric vehicle charging and standing up renewable energy projects.
“Colorado’s swift response to the devastating impact... |
| Jul 9, 2025 | New Colorado area code rolls out for dozens of counties | The new 748 area code became available this week, but large-scale use won’t start until late 2026, state officials said in a news release. Local calls will still be considered local calls with the new area code, and there will not be any ch... |
| Jul 1, 2025 | Power Struggles: The Clash Over Colorado's Energy Future | In the heart of Colorado, a battle brews over energy. On one side, Xcel Energy, a giant in the utility sector, pushes forward with a $1.7 billion transmission project. On the other, residents of Elbert County stand firm, voicing their conce... |
| Jun 30, 2025 | Elbert County nixes permits, short-circuiting part of Xcel Energy’s $1.7B transmission project | Construction has been completed in two of the Power Pathway’s five segments. Xcel said nine counties have approved permits for the project. Along with Elbert, the company is also seeking approval in Arapahoe and El Paso counties.
The Colora... |
| May 9, 2025 | Guest opinion: Leslie Glustrom: Community Choice Energy is not a joke | Communities all over Colorado, ranging from Fountain (south of Colorado Springs), to the area around Steamboat Springs (Yampa Valley Electric) to the Roaring Fork Valley (Holy Cross Energy) to the area around Grand Junction (Grand Valley El... |
| Apr 22, 2025 | Colorado bill would give new data centers big tax exemptions, but critics question if that’s necessary — or right | The bill passed out of the committee on a 6-3 vote and will be heard next by the Senate Appropriations Committee.
Data centers provide the infrastructure needed for the internet, cloud storage, streaming, businesses’ computing needs and the... |
| Apr 11, 2025 | Tragedy in the Skies: The Hudson River Helicopter Crash | On April 10, 2025, a sightseeing helicopter plunged into the Hudson River, claiming six lives, including a family of Spanish tourists. The incident unfolded like a scene from a nightmare, as video footage captured the helicopter spiraling d... |
| Apr 7, 2025 | Seven RTD light rail trains derailed last year. The investigations remain secret. | Meanwhile, Denver-based civil engineer Richard Bamber, who worked on the construction of the RTD’s rail transit system, is warning that the deterioration of RTD’s tracks — a problem that forced agency managers to impose safety “slow zones” ... |
| Mar 3, 2025 | Builder claims Xcel’s service, installation delays caused “lost sales” in Broomfield housing development | Tyler Bryant, a spokesman for Xcel, said Colorado’s largest utility aimed “to support all our clients with the services they deserve and expect,” but otherwise it wouldn’t comment on ongoing litigation. Christopher Groen, one of the attorne... |
| Jan 29, 2024 | Headaches and a $5.3K bill: Customers say Xcel making it difficult to disconnect from gas | After spending $40,000 to electrify her Boulder home, which included installing heat pumps, K.K. DuVivier was ready to disconnect from natural gas and have her meter turned off. Then she got the bill to flip the switch: $5,333.
The bill mar... |
| Dec 21, 2023 | Wyatts Towing agrees to $1 million settlement after Colorado AG finds “numerous violations of state laws” | Wyatts Towing hauled away thousands of vehicles without proper authorization, illegally kept consumer funds and engaged in “deceptive and unfair business practices” to discourage drivers from exercising their rights, the Colorado Attorney G... |
| May 12, 2023 | Xcel Energy wants a $312M boost in its electric rates, but opponents urge cuts instead | Xcel Energy is seeking a $312 million increase in revenue in an electric rate case, but the state agency that represents the public wants regulators to instead cut the utility’s revenue by $26.6 million and block it from recovering millions... |
| Mar 31, 2022 | Politics
Politics | Colorado Democrats think the towing industry is broken. Here’s their plan to fix it. | Doris Morales walked to her car one day last summer to take her daughter to a critical doctor’s appointment.
But when she got to her parking spot at her Commerce City apartment building, she realized the vehicle had been towed.
Morales had ... |
| Dec 8, 2021 | Letters to the editor: Water; climate change; coaching; Xcel; COVID-19 and animals | Wallace Westfeldt: Water: So … what’s the plan?
I think now is a good time for the Camera to find out what the state, county, and city plans are for when we run out of drinking water this summer.
Wallace Westfeldt
Boulder Shirley Jin: Clima... |
| Mar 31, 2020 | Job moves at Tesla, GAF Energy, Pine Gate Renewables, Yotta, stealth storage, Solar Landscape | Megan Gilman was confirmed as a Public Utilities Commissioner for the State of Colorado. Gilman resigned from the Holy Cross Energy board of directors where she had served since 2011 — and was sworn in on March 16. At Holy Cross, Gilman was... |