Louisville food bank loses 2,000 pounds of food during preemptive power outage

LOUISVILLE, Colo. — A Louisville food bank estimates it lost thousands of dollars worth of food during Xcel Energy 's preemptive power outage. Community Food Share feeds 40,000 people every year. Officials estimate the facility holds a couple million dollars worth of food, including roughly $80,000 in frozen or refrigerated items.

The food bank — which has served Boulder and Broomfield counties for more than 40 years — had no idea they were part of Xcel Energy's preemptive power outages.Xcel Energy responds to customer concerns following windstorm-related outages Micah Smith 5:45 PM, Apr 08, 2024 On Saturday, Da Silva said Community Food Share received a call from Xcel Energy about the scheduled outage. No one was working at the time and the call went to voicemail.

They considered bringing in generators if the power was not on by 10 a.m. Monday. The power was restored at 9 a.m. Monday. "You're talking, probably in the thousands of dollars worth of food. But it could have been way worse. So we're looking at the silver lining there," said Da Silva.“Before, you would see a windstorm like that once in a blue moon. You know, they're becoming more common. And so, we're afraid we're going to see more things like this in the future. So it is scary.

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