Our electric grid is our future

By: Paul Culnan, Erik Johnson

Outlets: Colorado Newsline

Published: March 16, 2026

Words: 789

Last Updated: 5 days, 2 hours ago

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Much ink has been spilled discussing Xcel Energy’s reliability and the price of electricity – which is a basic human need, alongside water, shelter, nourishment, and community. it is useful to think of our electric transmission and distribution system not as Xcel’s grid, but as our grid.

It’s the only grid we have.

Today’s grid is obsolete

Public utilities were designed in the 1900s to distribute energy from large central …

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