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More than 38,000 Xcel customers without power across Denver metro area on Monday morning

More than 38,000 Xcel customers without power in Aurora on Monday morning
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AURORA, Colo. — More than 38,000 total Xcel Energy customers experienced power outages across the Denver metro area on Monday morning, according to the electric company.

An equipment failure at a substation created the outage for about two hours, Xcel told Denver7.

It started with 18,344 people around 4:39 a.m. Monday. Then it grew to 38,215 by 5:52 a.m. The majority of these outages were reported in the city of Aurora, and affected several traffic lights along E. Colfax Avenue.

More than 38,000 Xcel customers without power in Aurora on Monday morning

Xcel estimated power would be restored by 7:30 a.m. The company got the outages knocked down to 26,429 by 6:11 a.m. and 14,689 by 6:37 a.m.

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