People from Craig to Baggs were without power for a little over two hours Friday night. According to a Yampa Valley Electric Facebook post, the outage, which affected nearly 5,000 customers, is believed to have been caused by an Xcel Energy transmission issue. Xcel Energy is the wholesale Continue reading
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Colorado Parks and Wildlife is about to launch a new integrated purchasing system, which will serve as a one-stop shop for all CPW products, including hunting and fishing licenses, campsite reservations, OHV and snowmobile permits. CPW will start transitioning to the Continue reading
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The City of Steamboat was having problems with their phone system yesterday, causing the City’s phone service to experience sporadic disruptions. The issue also affected the email and live streaming video systems. According to the City Continue reading
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There was a power outage Friday morning effecting the central and east side of Craig. Crews from Yampa Valley Electric were able to get the power restored just before noon. Approximately 800 customers were effected by the Continue reading
A power outage has been scheduled Monday in the Maybell area by the Yampa Valley Electric Association. The outage will allow Yampa Valley Electric to perform maintenance on the Maybell Substation and its lines. It will take place between 4 and 5 Monday afternoon and will affect Maybell, Continue reading
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There is a planned power outage for the Hayden area Thursday night to allow Yampa Valley Electric to fix a problem at the Hayden Substation which was struck by lightning earlier this week. The outage will occur from 9 to midnight. The lightning strike caused an initial outage, but crews were able to make temporary repairs to the substation. As the substation remains susceptible to Continue reading
Power outages affected thousands of people over the weekend. Yampa Valley Electric Association reported that 7,000 of its members were affected. The rash of outages were due primarily to the heavy wet snow that blanketed the region on Friday. YVEA crews worked from just after midnight Friday morning until 9 Friday night when they were sent home to rest and prepare to tackle the remaining power problems beginning at 6
Yampa Valley Electric Association is reporting that they are close to returning normal power to all of their customers. Although YVEA continues to work on a few outages, they expressed confidence that those outages will be resolved shortly. If you have a new outage or return Continue reading
Yampa Valley Electric Association customers that are still experiencing a power outage need to be aware that YVEA will not be able to dispatch workers after 9 Friday night due for the safety for their employees. By law they are limited to the amount of hours they are able to work without rest . Many workers have been addressing power outages since just after midnight Friday morning. If you are still Continue reading
The Maybell area experienced power outages on Monday and Tuesday. The first outage, where power was off for about 45 minutes, was attributed to a substation failure caused by weather. A nine hour outage occurred Tuesday when a power pole went down in a remote area. The length of that outage was due to the amount of time it took YVEA Continue reading
A small portion of Craig lost power for about half an hour this morning. The outage was due to a small animal getting into electrical equipment. It took out the Woodbury subdivision and parts of Victory Way. The critter did not survive. Power was fully restored within 30 minutes.
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