Xcel details three underground feeder projects and $70M‑scale investment for Boulder reliability
Summary
Xcel told Boulder City Council it has three underground feeder projects in its wildfire mitigation plan that will serve critical infrastructure and more than 9,000 customers, and described roughly $70 million in near‑term local investments tied to statewide WMP approvals.
Xcel Energy told Boulder City Council it is already moving three underground feeder projects through its wildfire mitigation plan and expects the first of those to be completed in early 2027. Nicholas Cole, Xcel's Boulder area manager, said the projects include a feeder serving the city's water treatment plant and together will help protect about 9,000 customers.
"Currently right now through our WMP plan, through 2025 and 2027, we have 3 underground feeder projects ... this feeder in particular serves the water treatment facility," Nicholas Cole said. Xcel described undergrounding as a reliability and ignition‑reduction measure that still carries repair tradeoffs because underground equipment can be harder to access in some failures.
City and Xcel staff said the three projects represent only part of a broader package approved at the commission level: Andrew Holder said the state filings authorized roughly 50 miles of work and that about 12 miles are targeted in Colorado over the next three years. Holder characterized the local portion as a seven‑figure, neighborhood‑scale capital push: "It's generally about a $70,000,000 investment between these 3," he said. Council members asked staff to track the projects' schedules and public messaging as construction enters city neighborhoods.
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