LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) – Xcel Energy’s Southwestern Public Service Company, which serves customers across the South Plains and the Panhandle, will receive $113 million in grant funding to protect and upgrade its electric infrastructure.
The grants will fund projects to repair or replace power poles, increase protections in higher-risk areas of the electric distribution system and improve system monitoring.
The funding also includes the use of drones to inspect power poles in rural areas.
Xcel Energy said the investment will help expand system improvements while reducing costs for its
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