Forgive the contortions of todayâs editorial, which fate seem determined to turn into some kind of cosmic joke. Last week, we reached out to Xcel Energy Colorado to get some details of a job well done. Xcel had rerouted transmission and distribution lines to accommodate the Dos Rios development and spent considerable time and resources making sure the project didnât cause disruptions in service. It seemed worth mentioning how hard the utility had worked to be a good partner with the community in finding a way to complete the project at no additional cost to customers. Then Sunday nightâs outage happened. It had nothing to do with the Dos Rios project, so we proceeded with a laudatory editorial as scheduled. We were still putting the finishing touches on that piece Monday afternoon when the Sentinelâs office suddenly went dark. Another outage ... and some serious misgivings about the timing of this message.