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Xcel Energy briefs Denver committee on wildfire mitigation, PSPS procedures and grid investments
Summary
Xcel Energy told the Transportation & Infrastructure Committee about wildfire-mitigation work, advanced detection (AI cameras, weather stations), PSPS decision stages and a planned $1.2 billion Denver grid investment over five years to bolster resilience and reduce wildfire ignition risk.
Xcel Energy representatives briefed the Denver City Council Transportation and Infrastructure Committee April 29 on wildfire mitigation measures, public-safety power shutoff (PSPS) procedures and planned grid investments aimed at reducing the risk of utility-caused wildfires and improving response and restoration.
Grace Lopez Ramirez, Xcel’s local government and community affairs representative, and Lyle Moore, a community resilience manager, outlined the company’s Colorado footprint (more than 1,000,000 customers statewide, roughly 20,000 miles of transmission and 80,000 miles of distribution lines) and described recent PSPS events that affected large numbers of customers. “Back in December, we impacted…
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