Posted: 12/16/2025 12:28:27 PM EDT
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Ya'll ready to party in the dark tomorrow? Probably a nothing-burger, but they are pushing the doom pretty hard today. |
Everyone went nuts over the last one and the alleged lack of notice, they must not track the weather like a guy who rides bicycles and flies RC planes does  In the 6 months I worked as a power engineer for a utility in this state, I don't feel like many people are understand and are willing to accept the amount of removal it takes for meaningful and lasting overhead line clearance work. Personally I'm all for it, and it creates great edge habitat for wildlife in the rural areas too. But the "why are you cutting down ALL the treeeez?!?" people throw huge fits and one even pointed a gun at one of our tree crews...so you get to live on "one shot" relaying if you're lucky and preventative shutoffs if you're not. |
| interested to find out if this only affects people in my area with smart meters, or are they shutting down whole grid sections |
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| Here is a map. It looks like Berthoud, Windsor, and I25 corridor north of Windsor will be affected. And yes Fort Collins is almost 100% underground utilities. |
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Power has been off since yesterday at 10 am. Rained last night with breezy wind. I think they are pissed for being sued for $1B after the last fire, so they are rubbing our nose in it to show who (literally) has the power. We have wood heat and the sprinter van solar/batteries/inverter is running our fridge. I’m going to bring the van to the neighbors so their fridge can run for a bit so they don’t lose $$$ worth of food. FXCEL |
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Originally Posted By XJ: IIRC, Ft Collins and Co Springs have some of the most extensive underground power lines in the country COS is extensively undergrounded for distribution, I live there. The only overhead lines I can see from my house are transmission. We had no shutoffs at all in my area, however we have everyone crammed in a small area together. Underground is not economically viable for the rural areas at all. Hopefully everyone else has got their juice back on now. |
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Originally Posted By flynbenny: COS is extensively undergrounded for distribution, I live there. The only overhead lines I can see from my house are transmission. We had no shutoffs at all in my area, however we have everyone crammed in a small area together. Underground is not economically viable for the rural areas at all. Hopefully everyone else has got their juice back on now. Underground really only makes sense in downtown areas where overhead just isn’t feasible. It’s very expensive to install and maintain. When UG faults, and it most certainly does. The repair process is way more difficult than OH. |
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Originally Posted By denverdan: Underground really only makes sense in downtown areas where overhead just isn’t feasible. It’s very expensive to install and maintain. When UG faults, and it most certainly does. The repair process is way more difficult than OH. CSU has never shut me off because it was windy, and the rates are still less than other places. Not seeing the downside to investing in underground, if anything it helps the paycheck of sparkies 
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