article asserts “poor power quality” from Xcel over and over again but sites zero metrics to support that assertion. Instead, we have one anecdotal account of one customer unhappy with the amount of his bill.
i’ve lived in Colorado almost 40 years and have yet to hear a single business or resident complain about “poor power quality” ...
OTOH, I’ve seen Xcel linemen breaking their butts in blizzards desperately trying to restore power as fast as humanly possible to tens of thousands of customers who’ve lost their “bad quality” power in same said blizzards.
I worked for Xcel for some time, and I can say that while they are as bureaucratic as any large conglomerate, they are also so heavily regulated it took weeks to get the simplest change implemented.
A very recent article was published that was especially disliked by fossil fuel. This recent article was published at E&E News but you have to register to read it. So I have linked to part 2 of the article at a free site. Its a good read.