Power Shut Off to 55,000 Colorado Customers to Prevent Wildfires Amid High Winds
A power company in Colorado announced on Saturday that it was cutting power to roughly 55,000 customers over wildfire concerns as powerful winds, some as high as 100 miles per hour, battered the state. The company, Xcel Energy, said in a statement that it “made the decision to proactively de-energize lines,” which would affect customers…