Xcel power shutoffs in Boulder put senior housing residents at risk of losing oxygen

Xcel power shutoffs in Boulder put senior housing residents at risk of losing oxygen

A power outage at Golden West, an affordable housing complex for older adults, left 10 residents at risk of losing access to medical oxygen during December’s windstorms, city officials said Thursday. That was one of several impacts Deputy City Manager Chris Meschuk highlighted in a briefing to the Boulder City Council about the Dec. 17 and Dec. 19 windstorms. Xcel Energy cut power to tens of thousands of customers during the storms to prevent do…