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Xcel Energy crews have restored power to nearly all customers impacted by Tuesday’s Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) in the Texas Panhandle and weather-related outages across the area.

As of 8:45 p.m. CT, Xcel Energy crews have restored power for about 11,700 customers affected by Tuesday’s Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) and additional weather-related outages.

Xcel Energy has begun restoring power following a Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) and weather-related outages on Tuesday.

Xcel Energy enacted a Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) for around 14,500 customers in Carson, Deaf Smith, Donley, Gray, Hansford, Hartley, Hutchinson, Moore, Oldham, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman and Swisher counties beginning around 9 a.m. CT due to critical wildfire danger.

Xcel Energy will implement a Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) tomorrow morning, Tuesday February 17 between 8-9:00 a.m. CT, impacting approximately 14,500 customers in Carson, Deaf Smith, Donley, Gray, Hansford, Hartley, Hutchinson, Moore, Oldham, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman and Swisher counties in the Texas Panhandle.

Xcel Energy continues to refine the areas and number of customers that may be impacted by a likely Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) in the northern Texas Panhandle tomorrow, February 17.

Xcel Energy continúa preparándose para el clima severo, incluyendo fuertes vientos, en Colorado, según el pronóstico indica que comenzará el martes 17 de febrero. La histórica baja cantidad de nieve, junto con un clima inusualmente cálido y seco y la vegetación muy seca, podría contribuir a incendios forestales grandes y de rápida propagación.

Xcel Energy is preparing for critical wildfire risks early this week in the northern Texas Panhandle and eastern New Mexico and is notifying customers that a Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) may be necessary on Tuesday, Feb. 17, beginning around 9 a.m. CT.

Xcel Energy is continuing to prepare for severe weather, including strong wind, in Colorado forecast to start Tuesday, Feb. 17. Historically low snowpack, coupled with unseasonably warm and dry weather and very dry vegetation, could contribute to large, fast-spreading wildfires.

MINNEAPOLIS (Feb. 6, 2026) — Xcel Energy (NASDAQ: XEL) and its partners received approval Thursday from the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission to move forward with its Mankato-Mississippi River Transmission Project. The project, developed with ...