Clear Creek County power outages to extend through Thursday afternoon, sheriff says
As of 7:45 a.m., Xcel Energy reported five outages in the county impacting more than 5,000 homes, businesses, schools and government offices.
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All of Clear Creek County is without power Thursday and the outages are expected to last into the afternoon, the sheriff’s office said.
As of 9:30 a.m., 2,175 customers were still without power, down from 5,400. Xcel Energy’s outage map showed five outages were affecting customers.
Power was originally expected to be restored to the entire county by 10 a.m. Thursday, but that deadline has since been extended to 1:30 p.m., sheriff’s officials said.
The early morning outages, which started around 3 a.m., impacted all homes, businesses, schools and government offices, according to the Clear Creek County Sheriff’s Office. Each building is one “customer” on the outage map.
Sheriff’s officials said people should expect delays and closures in the outage areas, including Idaho Springs, Evergreen, Silver Plume, Golden, Black Hawk, Russell Gulch, Empire, Dumont, Lawson, Georgetown and Central City.
All government offices in the county are closed Thursday and the cause of the power outages remains unknown, according to the Clear Creek Sheriff’s Office.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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