On Sunday afternoon, residents across the southeast Denver metro area began reporting widespread outages. The Xcel Outage Map does not yet show the outages, but Xcel Energy has confirmed it is aware of the issue.

A representative shared the following statement with CBS Colorado:

“I can confirm a large outage in the southeast side of the metro. It started at one of our substations, and crews are on the scene working on repairs and finding the cause of the outage. We appreciate our customers’ patience as our crews work as quickly as possible to safely restore power.”

They later confirmed that several substations are involved, which is why the outage is so widespread.

Denver International Airport said it was affected by Sunday’s power outage and is working to restore power to the trains.

“We are working to get other systems back online. Passengers should follow directions of airport employees,” the airport said.

Xcel said 148,000 of its customers experienced a power outage this afternoon. As of 4:45 p.m., an estimated 40,000 Xcel customers remain without power.

CORE Electric says 44,350 of its customers lost power across Adams, Arapahoe, Douglas and Elbert counties. As of 4:45 p.m., that number has dropped to 32,051.

  • Adams Served: 4,866 – Power restored
  • Arapahoe Served: 26,866 Affected: 18,052 (67.19%)
  • Douglas Served: 99,138 Affected: 13,307 (13.42%)
  • Elbert Served: 10,332 Affected: 692 (6.69%)

The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office reported receiving numerous calls about outages and assured residents that they are aware of the issue. They urged residents to call 911 only in an emergency and to call the non-emergency line at (303) 660-7500 for non-emergency situations.

The Parker Police Department said emergency and non-emergency lines were out of service Sunday afternoon. It reported that service was restored to emergency lines around 4:25 p.m.

Aurora 911 was also temporarily affected by the outage, but service has since been restored.

This is a developing story; more information will be provided as it becomes available.

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