Nearly 9,000 customers in Boulder and metro Denver were still waiting for their electricity to be restored Tuesday morning after Xcel Energy said it had resolved 95% of the power outages related to the weekend windstorm.
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The southwest metro area, Arvada and Boulder are the locations hardest hit by the remaining 480 outages, Xcel spokesperson Tyler Bryant said Tuesday morning.
In those places, Xcel is handling “more damage from winds that gusted up to nearly 100 miles per hour,” according to a company news release.
More than 500 crew members were working to turn on electricity through 600 miles of lines as of 9 p.m. Monday.
The majority of the customers who lost power — a total of more than 150,000 — have seen a return to normalcy after extreme winds and a decision by Xcel to shut off service disrupted many households throughout Colorado.
The impacts are still being felt by several Denver metro schools, with class canceled on Tuesday at five Jeffco Public Schools without power.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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