High wind warnings in Valley San Luis Valley REC will not issue pre-emptive shutdown orders due to high winds. Our proactive measures include leaving our breakers in a “not-reclosing” state due to drought, wind and fire danger.Vulnerable areas in REC territory are placed into this “not-reclosing” state to limit potential exposure to downed power lines in drought areas. “Not-reclosing” means our system is placed in a very sensitive response state, where any small interruption – even a momentary blink – results in an outage to that area. Re-energizing then requires that a line crew physically visit the site to verify that no objects are in the line and that no other dangerous conditions are present.