Wyoming Emergency Public Safety Power Shutoff event update
🔺 Feb. 24, 2026, 2:15 p.m. – Forecasted weather conditions have improved to the point that Black Hills Energy has cancelled today’s Emergency Public Safety Power Shutoff warning for customers in Harriman and Curt Gowdy areas.
“The combination of high wind speeds and low relative humidity can lead to conditions which make it unsafe to operate the electric grid,” said Wes Ashton, vice president of South Dakota and Wyoming Utilities. “It was this combination of factors that prompted today’s warning of an Emergency PSPS. While conditions have improved and the PSPS warning has now been cancelled, we will continue to monitor conditions with safety in mind. We appreciate our customers’ patience as we worked to help keep our customers and communities safe.”
🔺 Feb. 24, 2026, 9:00 a.m. – Extreme fire weather conditions are forecasted to be in place today from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the Harriman and Curt Gowdy areas west of Cheyenne. This elevated wildfire risk has prompted Black Hills Energy to issue an Emergency Public Safety Power Shutoff Warning. This means that power could be proactively turned off for customers in these areas starting today unless conditions change, to protect public safety and prevent wildfire.
Black Hills Energy would de-energize power lines in the PSPS risk areas serving Harriman and Curt Gowdy areas, impacting approximately 350 customers. For information about the areas impacted by today’s PSPS, visit blackhillsenergy.com/outages.
“The safety of our customers, employees and communities is our highest priority,” said Wes Ashton, vice president of South Dakota and Wyoming Utilities. “We are activating the Public Safety Power Shutoff as a last resort emergency measure to prevent our electrical equipment from becoming a source of ignition during these hazardous conditions.”
Weather conditions for this Public Safety Power Shutoff are forecasted to last until 6 p.m. today. Black Hills Energy will begin restoring power to impacted customers when weather conditions improve, and crews have inspected power lines in the impacted area. This process may result in outages lasting a few hours or a few days.”
