Not As Windy In Wyoming<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nJeanine West, director of Laramie County Emergency Management, said Colorado\u2019s high winds are not expected to have as drastic an effect on Wyoming. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe haven\u2019t seen or heard anything, which means they [the power companies] are not worried about it affecting us,\u201d West said. \u201cIf it was going to affect any of our areas, we would have gotten notification. They would have let their neighbors know. As of right now, we\u2019re good to go.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The dramatic wind and dry air is driven in part by unseasonably warm temperatures along the Rocky Mountains\u2019 Front Range.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Temperatures in Denver reached 68 degrees on Monday, the warmest Dec. 15 on record since 1921. Monday marked the sixth consecutive day the city saw temperatures above 60 degrees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
David Eskelsen, a spokesman for Rocky Mountain Power, confirmed that high winds are forecast for Wyoming on Wednesday. But he said Rocky Mountain Power has no plans to shut down power anywhere across the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt would be worth us watching it to see if anything changes,\u201d Eskelsen said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Farkas echoed that statement. \u201cIf things take a turn, we would activate our (communications) process,\u201d she told Cowboy State Daily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Black Hills Energy said in a statement released Tuesday afternoon that it does not expect to initiate an Emergency Public Safety Power Shutoff in Colorado, but \u201cthe company is taking action to support the safe operation of the electric system and will continue to monitor the need for a potential safety shutoff throughout this weather event.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
BHE also said it was implementing its operational response plans to postpone or restrict certain work tasks and coordinating with neighboring utilities to manage system reliability, \u201cgiven the nature of the interconnected grid.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
High winds and dry conditions nearly led to an emergency power shut off for Laramie County residents west of Cheyenne last month. Residents were warned at 11 a.m. on Nov. 10 that a shut-off was likely from 4 p.m. until weather conditions improved. But Black Hills Energy, which put out the warning, reversed course hours before the planned outage, saying the weather had stabilized. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Earlier this year, Wyoming passed legislation requiring wildfire mitigation plans from utility companies. The bill was sponsored by Rep. J.T. Larson, R-Rock Springs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cUp until this weekend we are expecting the winds to be rather gusty and to amplify those drier conditions,\u201d McLaughlin, the meteorologist, told Cowboy State Daily. \u201cWe could be seeing sustained wildfire possibility or those amplified spark times.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cheyenne\u2019s National Weather Service office focuses on weather in southeast Wyoming and the Nebraska panhandle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In April 2024, more than 55,000 Xcel Energy customers were without power for more than a day after the company moved forward with its first-ever preventive blackout due to wildfire conditions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wednesday\u2019s planned blackout would mark the second such occurrence for Xcel Energy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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