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As the strongest winds from Friday’s storm in New Mexico and Texas begin to subside, crews are now patrolling lines and repairing damage as they work to get the lights back on for customers.

Intense winds have caused significant damage to power poles and lines in Texas and New Mexico, with about 60,000 Xcel Energy customers without power as of 2 p.m.

Xcel Energy is preparing to temporarily shut power off to approximately 17,000 customers in our Texas and New Mexico service area tomorrow morning to reduce wildfire risk.

Xcel Energy is preparing for critical wildfire risks later this week across our Texas and New Mexico service areas, notifying customers in specific areas that power will likely be turned off for public safety.

Xcel Energy is watching and preparing for severe weather forecasted across our service area in Texas and New Mexico, including high wind speeds and low relative humidity.

MINNEAPOLIS (March 5, 2025) — Xcel Energy crews are working to assess damage and safely restore power to customers as quickly as possible after a winter storm swept across Minnesota last night and into this morning. Electric outages are currently ...

MINNEAPOLIS (March 4, 2025) — Xcel Energy is preparing for heavy snowfall and high winds predicted across central Minnesota and the Twin Cities tonight and tomorrow, with crews ready to safely restore any outages of electric or natural gas service as ...

Xcel Energy continues to evaluate weather conditions, and as rainfall and moisture trends higher in the area, a Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) that was anticipated for Tuesday will not be required in the South Plains region to reduce wildfire risk.

Xcel Energy is preparing to temporarily shut power off to about 180 customers in the South Plains region of Texas on Tuesday to reduce wildfire risk.

MINNEAPOLIS (March 3, 2025) — Xcel Energy Inc. (NASDAQ: XEL) announced today that Timothy O'Connor, executive vice president, chief operations officer, will retire from the company this summer after nearly two decades of service. In accordance with ...