Xcel: undergrounding targeted where repeated PSPS events or critical infrastructure exist; costs socialized statewide

Multiple speakers pressed Xcel on undergrounding and whether Chaffee County would be prioritized for the program. Steve Rolstad said undergrounding is ‘‘extremely costly’’ and has constructability limits in rocky areas with other underground utilities; he said Xcel is focusing targeted undergrounding where repeated public safety power shutoff events or critical infrastructure exist.