When Xcel Energy shut off power to over 100,000 customers across Colorado’s Front Range on December 19, 2025, they claimed it was necessary to prevent wildfires. What they didn’t mention was that this multi-day Xcel Energy Colorado blackout—which left our house without power for five days—was the predictable result of years of underinvestment in gridContinue reading “Xcel Energy’s PSPS: A Costly Failure in Grid Resilience”
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Getaways in the Mountains
The last two weekends we have escaped to Colorado mountain towns and they have lived up to the hype! Two weekends ago we visited some dear friends in Beaver Creek. We found Beaver Creek to be a small, secluded town with a real feeling of getting away. The architecture was very Swiss-inspired, which took usContinue reading “Getaways in the Mountains”