Traffic lights are out. King Soopers and Safeway are dark. Capitol Hill isn’t exactly buzzing.
More than 5,000 Xcel Energy customers in Denver are without power on Tuesday evening.
Xcel was not available for immediate comment about what caused the outage.
Electricity went out around Capitol Hill around 4:51 p.m., affecting around 4,849 customers.
“Crews are in the area working to restore power as quickly and safely as possible,” the utility stated online. “Please continue to check back for estimated restoration time updates. Thank you for your patience.
Xcel expects electricity will return to Capitol Hill around 7:30 p.m.
Other smaller outages were reported in Sun Valley, Hilltop and Highland.
For a full list of outages and expected repair times, go here.
