NV Energy remains on PSOM watch for South Carson, Genoa and Glenbrook
Submitted by paula on Wed, 10/25/2023 - 9:59am
NV Energy remains on a public safety outage management watch for the South Carson, Genoa and Glenbrook areas, based on weather conditions. A proactive outage may affect approximately 1,650 NV Energy customers beginning at approximately 9 a.m. on Wednesday, October 25, lasting until approximately 9 a.m. on Thursday, October 26.
During a proactive outage – also known as a Public Safety Outage Management (PSOM) event – NV Energy will proactively de-energize power for customers in high-risk zones to help protect the community and environment from wildfires.
In the last 24 hours, NV Energy has continued to monitor the weather patterns and conditions and NV Energy remains on watch. If conditions change, NV Energy will issue a warning to affected customers before de-energizing the power.
This potential proactive outage will impact a small portion of the total number of NV Energy customers in the South Carson, Genoa and Glenbrook areas. The proactive outage will be adjusted or cancelled if weather conditions change.
Potentially impacted customers have been notified via phone, text, email messages and social media. NV Energy will continue to monitor fire weather conditions and will provide regular updates on the status of the outage.
The outage timeframe 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 to begin safely restoring power. The restoration time may change based on weather conditions or if crews must make repairs to equipment.
A PSOM event is a key 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 zones can be found online at nvenergy.com/psom.