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SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Liberty Utility and NV Energy customers in the Stateline area were without power for several hours Sunday evening and early Monday due to water that got into an unground vault on the California side. This required significant additional work to safely restore power to the six Nevada customers and 426 California customers.

INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. - 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.

NV Energy is urging its electric customers in both northern and southern Nevada to conserve electricity Tuesday and Wednesday between 2:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. in order to offset energy supply issues caused by record-breaking heat throughout the Western United States. Conservation is the best way to reduce strain on the local power grid.

Liberty Utilities gets some of its power from NV Energy so they too are asking for customers to limit unnecessary power use and stay prepared for potential outage.

Effective measures to conserve energy during this time period include:
 Turn off lights

INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. - The Tahoe East shore Trail has become an interpretive trail after 23 new educational signs were installed thanks to funds from the NV Energy Foundation. The signs provide information on regional history, the environment, and local wildlife.

The popular trail runs between Incline Village and Sand Harbor State Park with parking on SR28 at Tunnel Creek in Incline.

STATELINE, Nev. - The public is invited to take part in one of several meetings over the next two weeks that will go over NV Energy's Natural Disaster Protection Plan (NDPP).

The public is invited to take part as the utility shares key elements of their draft NDPP and solicit feedback before it is filed with the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada by March 1, 2020.

Senate Bill 329 addresses how the utilities will mitigate and respond to wildfires, severe storms and other natural disaster risks in service territories.

LAKE TAHOE, Nev. - The incoming winter storm will not only bring with it heavy snow but also wind with gusts up to 115 mph over the crest of the Sierra.

"Safety is our top priorty," said NV Energy Director of Delivery Operations, Brian Costello. He said during these storms there is a concern for both public and staff safety with downed power lines.

NV Energy supplied electricity to the Nevada side of the Lake Tahoe Basin and to the Truckee Donner PUD. Their power lines go over the Mt. Rose Highway into Incline Village and over Kingsbury Grade into the South Shore.

STATELINE, Nev. - At 6:00 a.m. on Monday, September 30, NV Energy will resume work on Highway 50 in Stateline on the South Shore with new measures in place for traffic flow. A previous attempt resulted in traffic backed up to Zephyr Cove.

The work is to replace equipment in two underground electric vaults. The new traffic plan will be in effect 6:00 a.m. Monday, Sept. 30 through approximately 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 4:

• One lane of traffic will be open in each direction on Highway 50 through the casino corridor.

STATELINE, Nev. - NV Energy will start work on Highway 50 at Stateline on Wednesday morning to replace equipment in two underground electric vaults.

The work, including excavation and repaving, is estimated to be completed by October 11. The schedule is subject to change based on weather.

During this time, NV Energy will work closely with the Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) regarding road closures.

6:15 p.m. update: Power has been restored to all but a couple of customers. Those remaining two will have their power back up by 8:30 p.m.

STATELINE, Nev. - NV Energy is reporting 2,439 of their customers in the Kingsbury Grade/Stateline area are without power this afternoon.

A tree fell on a power line and crews are at the scene.

They estimate power will be restored by 6:30 p.m.

No other information is available at this time.

2:00PM Update: Power has been restored the NV Energy customers at Lake Tahoe.

1:30PM Update: Crews are still working on the equipment which caused a power outage to NV Energy customers on the Nevada side of the South Shore. They have updated their expected time of restoration to 3:00 p.m.

STATELINE, Nev. - Just after 10:00 a.m. Tuesday morning, the power went out to 2439 customers of NV Energy in the Kingsbury Grade/Stateline area.

At this time the cause is listed as equipment failure and the estimated time of restoral is 1:00 p.m.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - With electrical transmission lines found to be at fault in recent California fires, agencies responsible for supplying electricity to communities have been creating plans to prevent fires in the future.

Both companies that supply power to Lake Tahoe, NV Energy and Liberty Utilities, have announced new mitigation efforts to reduce the risk of fire.

UPDATE 9:20 p.m. - Most NV Energy customers in the Lake Tahoe area now have their power restored and the outage is isolated to just three customers.

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UPDATE 8:20 p.m.- Power has been restored to most of the affected customers. There are a couple of people without power in the Zephyr Cove area and 172 customers are still without power in the Glenbrook area. NV Energy still estimates all will be restored by 9:15 p.m.

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Power to 1,133 customers of NV Energy is currently out power this evening due to damage to their equipment near Glenbrook, Nev.

There will be a full closure of Interstate 580 in northern Carson City and Washoe Valley during the morning hours of both Nov. 17 and Nov. 18, NV Energy and Nevada Department of Transportation announced Friday.

10:42 p.m. update: Power restored to all customers at 10:19 pm.

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Multiple agencies have responded to a fire burning in Smith Valley, Nevada that has grown to 1,500 acres as of Sunday evening. It is burning in the area of Highway 208 and the Wellington Cut-Off.

There are approximately 300 firefighters, 25 engines, three helicopters, eight fixed wing and four hand crews on scene fighting fire.

5/8/16 update: The two planned outages will be in the Tahoe Valley area and Stateline area on Wednesday, May 9.

Tahoe Vista Drive (Tahoe Valley area), 9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. to install new pole & transformer, 15 affected customers notified via door hanger today (5/8).

Stateline, Calif. area (Park Ave, Manzanita, Cedar, Azure, La Salle, Stateline Ave, Poplar, Lake Tahoe Blvd), 7:00 a.m. (changed from 6:99 a.m) and 9:00 a.m. for five minute duration each for NV Energy repairs; 133 customers affected; customers can call 1-800-782-2506 if they want to know if they will be affected.

LAKE TAHOE, Nevada - There is a planned electrical outage in the Stateline area Wednesday so crews can continue to work on the underground vault that exploded Sunday, April 1.

NV Energy estimates that power will be out for the 18 customers in the area until about 8:15 p.m. Wednesday night.

11:47 p.m. update: Eastbound lanes on Highway 50 have reopened. The westbound lanes are still closed and traffic must use Lake Parkway instead.

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10:45 p.m. update: Limited traffic will soon be allowed back on two lanes of Highway 50 through Stateline after NV Energy has re-energized their lines and power is back on in the area. As of 10:30 p.m., Douglas County Sheriff's Office spokesperson said it should be about an hour longer until open.

Explosion holes are being patched temporarily and traffic will not be allowed to drive on the plates.

UPDATE: 1:00 a.m. 12/17/17 - NV Energy has restored power to their customers. It is unknown at this time what caused the four-hour long outage.

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NV Energy is reporting a few power outages to their customers starting at 8:45 p.m. Saturday. At the lake, 4,385 customers are affected, with another 3,300 in the Carson Valley. NV Energy states the problem is from equipment failure and they expect to have power restored by 10:00 p.m.

The Brockway substation in Kings Beach was switched back into service Tuesday evening at 8:00 p.m. The 50+ year old substation had been temporarily shut down for necessary repairs due to damage sustained during this year’s winter storms.

A new transformer was installed to replace equipment that had caught on fire during extreme weather experienced in the Lake Tahoe region in January and February "Snowmegeddon."

UPDATE 4:30PM - All repairs have been made and power has been restored to the South Lake Tahoe/Stateline area.

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Customers of Liberty Utilities and NV Energy are without power this afternoon due to equipment failure at substations.

Crews on site estimate it will be six hours until repairs will be completed though some customers may come back on line sooner with attempted switching.

As soon as updates are available we will update this story.

Motorists traveling on Kingsbury Grade between Daggett Pass and Highway 50 can expect delays on Tuesday, July 18 as crews from NV Energy removes two large trees.

Single lane closures with a traffic flagger alternating traffic will be in place on between 8:00 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. near Buchanan Road.

The trees are encroaching near power lines and need to be removed.

8:00 p.m. update 6/19:The Garson Fire west of Reno is 50% contained and has burned 141 acres. Some homes were evacuated earlier Monday in the Quilici Ranch Road but the area has since been reopened to evacuated residents. The general public is not allowed in the fire area. NV Energy restored power yesterday to almost 3,000 who were without due to the fire.

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Fire crews from around the region are responding to a brush fire that sparked near Boomtown west of Reno Sunday, according to fire officials.

There are now 27 cities in the United States committed to operating with 100 percent renewable energy, will South Lake Tahoe be #28?

Cities already on board include both large an small communities. Some of those are Madison, Wis.; San Diego, Calif.; Salt Lake City, Utah; Pueblo, Aspen and Boulder, Colo.; and Moab, Utah. Efforts are currently underway for Truckee to join that group. Even Las Vegas operates their municipal buildings and facilities with 100 percent renewable energy.

11:00 p.m. update - NV Energy was able to fix the problem at their substation in Truckee and all of Liberty Utilities customers should be back on line at this time.

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There has been a transmission problem from NV Energy to Liberty Utilities, resulting in power outages throughout the North Lake Tahoe area.

At their last update at 8:00 p.m., Liberty Utilities told customers in Northstar, Truckee and Glenshire to expect rotating outages throughout the night and into Wednesday morning. The problem is at the NV Energy North Truckee Substation that feeds Liberty's distribution lines.