Lakewood’s Energy Outages
A Lakewood resident forwarded the following article from Denver7 pointing out that Lakewood’s push for electrification will cause more problems for an electrical grid that is already going down several times a week.
Cross-post from Denver7.com, By Jaclyn Allen
Xcel Energy customers in west Denver metro area report frequent, longer outages
LAKEWOOD, Colo — Just blocks away from the Colorado Mills Shopping Center, a suburban Lakewood neighborhood had three power outages in five days last week, with one lasting almost 24 hours.
“This stuff has to get thrown out,” said Pat Warling as she sorted through a freezer full of spoiled food Wednesday. “This summer’s been horrible. It’s been going out at least once a week, and last week was three times.”
Next door, Maryann Lamar has been keeping track of the nights she has been left in the dark on her calendar.
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