In the News ... First team of Xcel volunteers from Lubbock area returns from Puerto Rico

LAJ Photo by Brad Tollefason

• Second crew to begin first assignments by mid-week

By Ellysa Harris, Reporter
• Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

LUBBOCK, TEXAS - Delwin and Darcy Britton haven’t spent much time apart since they were married 33 years ago.

But in late January, Delwin left Darcy when he joined 15 other Xcel Energy employees from Texas and New Mexico for 21 days to travel thousands of miles to aid with power restoration efforts in Puerto Rico more than four months after Hurricane Maria damaged much of the country’s infrastructure ...

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