{
  "id": "2026-08-21-university-of-colorado-boulder-williams-village-power-outage",
  "slug": "university-of-colorado-boulder-williams-village-power-outage-2026-08-21",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of Colorado Boulder",
    "shortName": "CU Boulder",
    "state": "CO",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "CU Alert",
    "enrollment": 36000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-08-21",
    "type": "power-outage",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "contained",
    "headline": "Southwest Boulder outage takes Williams Village offline twice",
    "headlinePublic": "Southwest Boulder outage takes Williams Village offline twice",
    "summary": "CU Boulder Alerts [reported an unplanned Xcel outage affecting southwest Boulder, including Williams Village](https://x.com/cuboulderalerts/status/2090994643412361254) on Friday evening, [restored Williams Village while surrounding areas stayed dark](https://x.com/cuboulderalerts/status/2091030682227089907), then [reported Williams Village out again Saturday evening](https://x.com/cuboulderalerts/status/2091341949022175502) and [restored it four minutes later](https://x.com/cuboulderalerts/status/2091342912609235435).",
    "outcome": "Williams Village restored Friday night and again Saturday evening; surrounding west and south areas were still dark after the Friday restore."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2026-08-21T20:49:06-06:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "CU Advisory: Xcel Energy is reporting an unplanned power outage affecting southwest Boulder, including Williams Village. Several traffic lights are also out in the city. Visit https://alerts.colorado.edu/ for updates.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/cuboulderalerts/status/2090994643412361254",
      "sourceDescription": "@cuboulderalerts Williams Village Friday outage",
      "annotations": [
        "Dual independent X fetch match (keyword + thread_fetch) 2026-08-23. sha256 9de64b63d97171c5a87fcb5561fff48c102ddec6378a54e10f6e34c4e8e10064.",
        "Timeline +/-48h walked 2026-08-23: sequences 2-4 are the further @cuboulderalerts posts for this southwest-Boulder Xcel outage. Thursday northwest-campus products are a distinct prior incident.",
        "Distinct incident from 2026-08-20-university-of-colorado-boulder-northwest-campus-power-outage: different Xcel window and campus area (northwest Thursday vs southwest Boulder / Williams Village Friday-Saturday)."
      ],
      "characterCount": 217
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    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "update",
      "timestamp": "2026-08-21T23:12:18-06:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "CU Advisory: Power has been restored to Williams Village. Power remains out in many areas surrounding campus, particularly to the west and south of campus. Visit https://alerts.colorado.edu/ for updates.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/cuboulderalerts/status/2091030682227089907",
      "sourceDescription": "@cuboulderalerts Williams Village Friday restore",
      "annotations": [
        "Dual independent X fetch match 2026-08-23."
      ],
      "characterCount": 203
    },
    {
      "sequence": 3,
      "type": "update",
      "timestamp": "2026-08-22T19:49:10-06:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "CU Advisory: Xcel Energy is reporting an unplanned power outage affecting southwest Boulder. Power is out in Williams Village. The outage is not affecting the Rufus Du Sol event. Visit https://alerts.colorado.edu/ for updates.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/cuboulderalerts/status/2091341949022175502",
      "sourceDescription": "@cuboulderalerts Williams Village Saturday outage",
      "annotations": [
        "Dual independent X fetch match 2026-08-23.",
        "Self-reply thread walked: sequence 4 is @cuboulderalerts reply to this post (CU Advisory 2)."
      ],
      "characterCount": 226
    },
    {
      "sequence": 4,
      "type": "all-clear",
      "timestamp": "2026-08-22T19:53:00-06:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "CU Advisory 2: Power has been restored to Williams Village. Visit https://alerts.colorado.edu/ for updates.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/cuboulderalerts/status/2091342912609235435",
      "sourceDescription": "@cuboulderalerts Williams Village Saturday restore",
      "annotations": [
        "Dual independent X fetch match 2026-08-23. Branded 'CU Advisory 2:' opener preserved."
      ],
      "characterCount": 107
    }
  ],
  "context": "CU Boulder posts CU Advisory products on [@cuboulderalerts](https://x.com/cuboulderalerts). Friday's pair is unthreaded; Saturday's restore is a self-reply on the Saturday outage post. Filed as one continuing southwest-Boulder Xcel event because Friday's restore still left surrounding west and south areas dark and Saturday again took Williams Village offline.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Four-message sequence across Friday night and Saturday evening: Williams Village lost power twice under the same regional Xcel outage.",
    "Saturday restore is branded CU Advisory 2 and is a self-reply to the Saturday initial."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "@cuboulderalerts Williams Village Friday outage",
      "url": "https://x.com/cuboulderalerts/status/2090994643412361254",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-08-23",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN 523 at capture 2026-08-23; archive.org save endpoint returned HTTP 523"
    },
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      "title": "@cuboulderalerts Williams Village Friday restore",
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      "archiveUrl": null,
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    },
    {
      "title": "@cuboulderalerts Williams Village Saturday outage",
      "url": "https://x.com/cuboulderalerts/status/2091341949022175502",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-08-23",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN 523 at capture 2026-08-23; archive.org save endpoint returned HTTP 523"
    },
    {
      "title": "@cuboulderalerts Williams Village Saturday restore",
      "url": "https://x.com/cuboulderalerts/status/2091342912609235435",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-08-23",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN 523 at capture 2026-08-23; archive.org save endpoint returned HTTP 523"
    },
    {
      "title": "CU Boulder alerts portal",
      "url": "https://alerts.colorado.edu/",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-08-23",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN 523 at capture 2026-08-23; archive.org save endpoint returned HTTP 523"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "public-r1",
    "colorado",
    "power-outage",
    "cu-advisory",
    "williams-village"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-08-23",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-08-23",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}