KIOWA, Colo. — Residents of Elbert County are continuing their fight against Xcel Energy as the utility giant plans to install nearly 50 miles of new steel poles through their rural community as a part of Colorado's Power Pathway project.

The proposed project, which Xcel says will improve Colorado's electric grid, has sparked fierce opposition from locals who say there's no benefit to their county.

Dozens of residents packed the Kiowa Fairgrounds Tuesday night to plead their case to the Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC), asking officials to move the pathway farther east away from people's homes.

"The citizens of rural Elbert County matter," one resident told the commission during the hearing. Elbert County residents packed the Kiowa Fairgrounds Tuesday night for a hearing in

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