NV Energy may shut off power to Incline Village for safety concerns

UPDATE 9/17 10:45AM: The Public Safety Outage Management (PSOM) event previously forecast for Friday, September 18 for the Incline Zone is canceled due to updated weather forecasts.

There is a Red Flag warning at Lake Tahoe with elevated fire weather conditions and NV Energy will continue to monitor conditions and take extra steps to mitigate wildfire risk. This includes staging their line crews, vegetation management crews and fire agency partners at specific locations around the lake.
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INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. - NV Energy is monitoring the extreme fire weather conditions in the Incline Village area and a Public Safety Outage Management (PSOM) event is likely on Friday, Sept. 18 starting at 7:00 a.m.

This outage will impact 8,783 customers and is expected to last approximately eleven hours. This time frame includes the duration of the weather event and an estimate of how long it will take crews to inspect the lines for damage, vegetation or debris in order to begin safely restoring power.

The restoration time may change based on weather conditions or if crews must make repairs to equipment.

Impacted customers have been notified via phone, text and email messages. NV Energy will continue to monitor fire weather conditions and will provide regular updates on the status of the outage. Customers are encouraged to have an emergency plan in place.

Should power be shut off, a drive-thru Customer Resource Center will be available Friday at Diamond Peak Ski Resort located at 1210 Ski Way, Incline Village from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. The center will offer charging devices, light snacks, water and outage updates.

PSOM is a last resort measure of defense to help protect the community and environment from wildfires. During a PSOM event, power is shut off for safety in order to help prevent power lines or debris blowing into power lines and other equipment from causing a wildfire when certain environmental conditions are met.

Additional information, including outage preparedness tips, PSOM criteria and maps of the impacted zone can be found online at nvenergy.com/psom.

Customers can make sure their contact information is up to date by visiting nvenergy.com/myaccount or calling NV Energy at 775-834-4444.