Xcel Energy said that as of about 12:30 p.m. today, all of its customers who lost power over the weekend due to equipment failure caused by the extreme heat had been returned to service.
“The outages from Monday and the weekend are back in service,” said Xcel spokesman Mark Stutz.
Record high temperatures that hit 103 degrees over the weekend caused equipment failures that knocked power out to as many as 12,000 Xcel customers Sunday night — mostly in the metro area.
Overloaded transformers failed when customers ran air conditioners full blast looking for relief from the heat, Xcel has said.
Stutz said there may be further outages that occur today because of the extreme heat, and Xcel will work on those as they develop. The outages over the past four days were scattered around the metro area from Highlands Ranch to Arvada.
The forecast today calls for a high of 99 degrees with a chance of isolated afternoon storms. The temperature at about 1:25 p.m. was 94 degrees.
Stutz urged Xcel customers without service to call the utility at 1-800-895-4999.
