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11:20 p.m. UPDATE: Power is still out to 301 Stateline customers of Liberty Utilities and six NV Energy customers in the area. South Lake Tahoe Fire Rescue responded to Stateline Avenue after smoke was seen coming out through a manhole cover.

The cause of the outage and smoke is under investigation.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Crews from Liberty Utilities are working on a power outage Sunday evening in the Stateline area of South Lake Tahoe, one that is affecting 426 customers.

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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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.

The following El Dorado County schools are closed on Thursday, October 24, 2019, due to PG&E's planned safety power outage:

Black Oak Mine Unified School District - all schools

EDCOE - 6767 Green Valley Rd., Placerville

EDCOE Charter Alternative Education Programs - all schools

El Dorado Union High School School District - all schools

Gold Oak Union School District - all schools

Gold Trail Union School District - all schools

Mother Lode Union School District - all schools

Pioneer Union School District - all schools

CAL FIRE firefighters are staffing up and preparing for the forecasted extreme fire weather across California. The National Weather Service has issued red flag warnings and fire weather watches for areas of northern, central and southern California. This will likely be the strongest offshore wind event so far this season.

3:45 p.m. update: Crews have been able to re-route power to re-energize most customers. The remaining customers are expected to be re-energized by 5:30 pm and then crews will focus on the long term repairs through the night.

3:20 p.m. update: Power has been restored to about half of those affected by the earlier outage. Liberty Utilities says the remaining 3,184 customers should have power restored by 3:41 p.m.

1:30 a.m. Sunday update: Charter services have reportedly been restored to all customers after starting to come back for some around 10:00 p.m. Saturday.

4:15 p.m. update: While power is restored there are still internet issues for Spectrum customers. No word on when those services will be restored.

3:45 p.m. update: A contractor knocked down a telecom line which made contact with a Liberty Utilities line, locking the breaker. All power has been restored.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Almost 3,800 customers of Liberty Utilities are without power this afternoon.

NV Energy is holding a meeting on Wednesday in Incline Village to inform customers about their Public Safety Outage Management (PSOM) this fire season.

The open house will explain how they will shut off power in extreme fire-risk areas, including Lake Tahoe, during a PSOM event. When certain environmental conditions are met, power will be shut down in order to protect their customers, equipment and environment from wildfires.

UPDATE: 10:00 a.m. - From Liberty Utilities on their Twitter page: "After further investigation we have discovered that the cause of this morning's power outage in South Tahoe was a crow that got into the capacitor bank at the substation. Out of respect for the crow's family we will not be posting pictures."

UPDATE 7:40 a.m. - Power has been restored. No cause for the outage has been reported.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. -Liberty Utilities reports over 3.200 customers in the South Lake Tahoe area are without power this morning.

UPDATE 12:20 p.m. - Power has been restored.

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SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - There is a power outage in the South Lake Tahoe area of Copper Way , Fortune Way, and Cold Creek Trail. Crews from Liberty Utilities have just arrived.

Residents say a transformer blew.

As of 11:44 a.m., restoral time of power is unknown.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Crews from Liberty Utilities are in the South Upper Truckee area to restore power to 152 customers. They say there may be a delay in restoration as there are an accident and heavy traffic in the area impeding the crew's response.

Out in Alpine County, 152 customers are without power and crews are searching for the cause of the outage at this hour.

As more information becomes available this story will be updated.

8:00 p.m. UPDATE- The updated estimated restoration time for the Bijou outage is now 2:00 a.m. Crews are still working diligently to make repairs and will restore power sooner if possible.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - A power pole fell down between Spruce Avenue and Bruce Avenue in South Lake Tahoe Wednesday afternoon. 205 customers of Liberty Utilities are without power until the crew can replace the pole.

Estimated restoral of power is 10:05 p.m. February 13.

UPDATE 9:15 p.m. - Crews have identified the cause of the power outage in Spring Creek. A tree has fallen on a power line and crews are working to remove the tree and fix the line.

Another power outage in El Dorado County has 31 more customers in the dark. Crews are responding to that situation as well.

UPDATE 8:10 p.m. - Liberty Utilities now estimates restoration of power to the area by 2:00 a.m. Wednesday morning.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Crews are on their way out to the Spring Creek area of South Lake Tahoe to investigate the cause of a power outage.

Good Morning Lake Tahoe Skiers & Riders…

Partly Cloudy to Clearing Skies with a Wind Advisory Posted… All Upper Mountain Lifts will operate Wind & Weather Permitting… Wind Holds reported at Heavenly, Mt Rose, Squaw & Mammoth Mountain… Call Ahead… Have Fun & Be Safe!

Today’s Weather: Mostly Cloudy Skies in the morning then clearing. Highs: 44F-49F (34F-39F on the Slopes). Southwest winds 10-15 mph with gusts up to 35 mph increasing to south 25-35 mph with gusts up to 60 mph in the afternoon. Ridge Gusts up to 75 mph increasing to 110 mph in the afternoon.

10/18/18 UPDATE - The power outage in South Lake Tahoe Wednesday night was caused by line failure at the corner of Dunlap and Eloise. The cause is unknown at this time but a spokesperson for Liberty Utilities said it may have been wind induced.

Almost 8,000 customers were without power with 3,000 of them having power restored within 30-40 minutes. The staggered re-energization brought most of the remaining customers back in two hours with the final two up at 5:00 a.m.

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There are two planned electrical outages in South Lake Tahoe and Meyers so Liberty Utilities crews can tend to broken equipment.

On Friday, August 24, crews will be on Haidas Circle from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. to replace a broken cross arm on a power pole.

On Tuesday, August 28, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. there is a planned outage in the San Jose Avenue area to replace two power poles and add a transformer.

In both cases, all affected customers have been notified.

There is a planned power outage affecting 113 customers in the Tahoe Keys neighborhood of South Lake Tahoe on Wednesday, August 1 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Liberty Utilities will be replacing two transformers and stringing new primary line along Venice Drive, Lucerne Way and Danube Drive. Residents on those streets will experience either total or partial outages during the day.

Signs have been placed in the neighborhood to alert them of the outage.

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.

LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - With an increase in the number of dead and dying trees in the Lake Tahoe region, Liberty Utilities has tripled the number of inspectors they use to identify trees that pose a risk to the utility’s infrastructure. The inspection program and subsequent removal of hazardous trees are designed to reduce the risk of power outages, potential wildfires, and to comply with State regulations.

There is a planned power outage in South Lake Tahoe along Panther Lane on Thursday, April 5 to replace a transformer. The small number of customers who will be affected have been notified.

To follow all Liberty Utilities outages, visit their outage website at https://california.libertyutilities.com/south-lake-tahoe/residential/emergencies/electrical/outages-map.html.

Liberty Utilities will be replacing a power pole on Thursday, March 29, resulting in a planned power outage on several streets in the Gardner Mountain area.

From 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., 84 customers in the neighborhood of Gardner Street, Wentworth Street, Panther Lane and Taylor Way will be affected.

Signage has been placed in the neighborhood.

Liberty Utilities is experiencing multiple small outages in the Lake Tahoe region due to the weather.

At this time, there is an outage in the North Lake Tahoe area around Klondike Flat Road, Silverado Way and Hwy 89.

Reports started coming in a 11:43 a.m. and the person tasked with locating the probem was dispatched at 12:36 p.m. and a downed wire was discovered. The line crew was dispatched at 12:50 pm.

No estimated restoration time yet.

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10:55 a.m. update: Crews have fixed the primary wire that went down in the Angora Creek area Thursday morning. At first restoration was estimated at by 2:30 p.m. It is unknown how the wire came down.

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Crews from Liberty Utilities are on their way to the US50 and Angora Creek area due to customers reporting partial, or no power.

The affected area includes Dixie Mountain Rd, Pyramid Court and Circle, Mt. Shasta Circle and Snow Mountain.