Nearly 6,500 in Roseville Area Still Without Power

As of about 2:00 p.m. today, the Roseville area still  had nearly 6,500 customers without power, according to information from Xcel Energy's outage map.  

Xcel has estimated it could take as long as noon Wednesday to restore electric service for everyone. 

Responding to a Patch inquiry, Roseville Public Works officials said, "All roads are open where we were waiting for down power line repairs. City crews continue to work on fully clearing city streets and are beginning some branch removal.  

"We are working on a longer term plan which will begin in earnest in the next few days. This plan will include a coordinated effort with a contractor to pick up tree debris.  The last day to get tree debris to boulevard is July 8th." 

In a news statement late this morning, Xcel Energy said, "As we close in on the restoration of service, our line workers are dealing more with smaller outages, as well as outages that are more complicated due to extensive tree damage, so progress appears slower.  

"We continue to fully dedicate all resources to restore power to the remaining 40,000 customers without power.

"Tonight, we expect to have all customers in the St. Cloud area restored, and we will be redeploying those crews to the Twin Cities Metro area,"  Xcel Energy concluded.