It comes from where?

Somehow, inexplicably, nobody has called to ask that their connection to coal fired power plants NOT be restored.

DENVER -- The October snowstorm is being blamed for numerous power outages.

More than 40,000 people from Fort Collins to Littleton were without power as of 5:30 a.m. By 9 a.m. that number had increased to more than 90,000 without power, according to Xcel's website.

Power outages forced the closure of the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley and the Boulder County Criminal Justice Center in Boulder.

In the Boulder area, Xcel is handling 157 outages affecting more than 13,000 people.

Boulder officials are treating the fast moving storm as a civil preparedness exercise, in the event that the Utility Municipalization ballot measure passes and city council takes over management of the power company. "The wind doesn't always blow and the sun doesn't always shine," said Boulder's Mayor.*

* Quote is *ahem* non-attributable.

But they'll rock at health care Colorado Oil and Energy Posted by JohnGalt at October 26, 2011 2:18 PM