Efforts to restore power to parts of Denver area expected to be completed Sunday

DENVER — Xcel Power has a message for the 1000’s within the Denver space nonetheless ready for his or her lights to work: Your energy is predicted to be restored by the top of the day.

In an announcement launched Sunday, the corporate mentioned its crews are working as shortly as potential to restore the injury to energy traces executed by the spring storm Friday and Saturday.

“We anticipate to have energy restored by the top of the day to all clients affected by the snowstorm, so long as their residence or enterprise doesn’t have injury that will forestall them from accepting service,” the corporate mentioned in an announcement.

The storm knocked down limbs, damaging energy traces in a number of areas of town. Greater than 200,000 clients have been with out energy within the Denver metro space Saturday morning.

Greater than 1,200 Xcel staff have been working to revive energy and have been additionally serving to to chop down any tree limbs which have both are available contact with an influence line or have been in peril of constructing contact, the corporate mentioned.

Crews initially centered on repairs that will restore energy to the most important variety of clients, primarily the western and southern areas of the metro, Xcel mentioned. The corporate has restored energy to 185,000 clients, leaving 25,000 with out energy as of 9 a.m. Sunday.

Xcel mentioned clients who’re nonetheless with out energy later this afternoon, ought to name them at 1-800-895-1999.