An administrative law judge's recommendation that Xcel Energy-Colorado be allowed to recover approximately $509 million from customers for costs from a 2021 winter storm led Gov. Jared Polis to attack the ruling as letting utilities balance their losses "on the backs of consumers."An administrative law judge’s recommendation that Xcel Energy-Colorado be allowed to recover approximately $509 million from customers for costs from a 2021 winter storm led Gov. Jared Polis … Governor blasts finding that Xcel Energy can recover $509M in storm costs from customers