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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Yampa Valley Electric Association is warning customers of a new scam where people are receiving calls from individuals who claim to represent a collections agency collecting for past due accounts. Tammi Strickland of Yampa Valley Electric says that Continue reading
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Meetings will be held next week in Steamboat and Craig to discuss upcoming rate changes for Yampa Valley Electric customers. The rate changes will happen in two phases, with the first coming the beginning of next month, and the other Continue reading
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
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
YVEA is planning a power outage to the communications site on Emerald Mountain near Steamboat. The outage is to take place between 9 and noon today, and will take the KRAI transmitter at 102-3 in Steamboat off the air until Continue reading
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Yampa Valley Electric Association has issued a warning that some of its customers have received bogus calls for payment from scam artists. The association says people have been getting calls from someone claiming to be a representative of YVEA, saying the customer has not yet paid their bill. They also Continue reading
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