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Xcel: Up to 17,000 customers may lose power due to high winds Friday

KFDA · last updated

AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) — Xcel Energy crews are preparing for the likelihood of a Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) today due to high winds.

According to a news release, Xcel is preparing to temporarily shut power off to approximately 17,000 customers across parts of eastern New Mexico, the Panhandle and the South Plains.

Xcel is positioning additional teams, including crew members from Colorado, in the area to help respond to outages.

Tomorrow’s dangerously high winds can damage power lines and may cause additional power outages unrelated to the planned PSPS.

To look up your address on a live map to see if you will be impacted by the PSPS, check out the Public Safety Power Shutoff Approximation map.

Xcel says power restoration efforts will begin after the high winds and fire risk has ended and say restoration may take hours or days after the winds have calmed.

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