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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.

On Thursday, October 31, Governor Gavin Newsom and State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond visited El Dorado County and Blue Oak Elementary School to learn about the impacts of the recent PG&E Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS). Gov. Newsom and Superintendent Thurmond met with El Dorado County Superintendent of Schools Dr. Ed Manansala, Buckeye Union School District (BUSD) Superintendent Dr. David Roth, and several BUSD officials to hear first-hand about the challenges that school officials encounter when making decisions regarding school closures.

Due to PG&E’s Public Safety Power Shut off, the following is the current status of
County buildings operations on the West Slope:

Closed to the public
Agriculture
1. Building A (Board of Supervisors, Chief Administrative Office, Human Resources, County Counsel)
2. Child Support Services (Shingle Springs)
3. Health and Human Services Agency - Briw Road
4. Health and Human Services Agency - Spring Street Complex
5. Placerville Jail
6. Libraries – Placerville, Georgetown
7. Union Mine

Open to the public
1. Animal Shelter
2. AQMD

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Cali. - To reduce wildfire risk during the forecasted severe wind event in California west of Lake Tahoe, Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) will implement a Public Safety Power Shutoff in parts of northern, central and coastal counties of the state, but not in the Lake Tahoe Basin.

PG&E expects to begin turning off power later Tuesday night, just after midnight.

There is a power outage in the Cold Creek Trail area this morning, affecting 143 customers.

The traffic light at Pioneer Trail and Cold Creek Trail is out, and the outage goes uphill from there. The cause is a blown lightning arrester.

Liberty Utilities crews estimate another 30 minutes to get the power restored.

12:00 a.m. update: According to Liberty Utilities they are working to restore power to those in the North and South Upper Truckee area of Meyers. At this time they expect to have power restored between 2:30 a.m. and 3:00 a.m. but it may be up to six hours, according to the California Highway Patrol.

North Upper Truckee Road is closed in the area of the downed pole.

The condition of the driver is unknown at this time.

MEYERS, Calif. - There are reports of a power outage near the Upper Truckee Road area of Meyers Sunday night.

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.

UPDATE 12:45 p.m. - Power has been restored to the Tahoe Keys.

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SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - There is a power outage in the Tahoe Keys area affecting 182 customers. A crew is on site and working to restore power.

Estimated restoral time is 7:32 p.m. Thursday.

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 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.

There is a planned power outage in the Meyers neighborhood of Bakersfield, San Diego and Country Club streets on Thursday, May 31 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. to replace two transformers and cable.

There will be a larger number of customers affected initially, with a smaller group lasting for remainder of day.

Signage was placed in the area to notify residents.

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.

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.

There has been a power outage in the Kings Beach and Incline Village areas due to a NV Energy equipment failure in Incline Village. Liberty Utilities customers were getting a feed from NV Energy as thire Brockway Substation has been down for repairs in preparation for winter.

8.839 business and residential customers in Incline Village are without power, and an additional 1,593 in Kings Beach.

Initially they expected the power to be down until 4:00 a.m. Friday, but Liberty is hoping for power to be back to NV Energy by 11:00 p.m., allowing them to bring all customers back online.

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.

8:40 p.m. update: Crews found a broken cross arm on a power pole near the Y in South Lake Tahoe. They think they'll have the power back by 9:30 p.m. for the remaining customers that are still without power.
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6:30 p.m. update: About 1700 SLT customers have had their power restored. Crews are working on the remaining 1700+ customer still out. No est restoration time yet.
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Douglas County Community & Senior Center received a 125 KW generator for backup emergency power that will allow the facility to better serve as an emergency evacuation facility. The generator will also protect 8,000 + frozen meals and $10,000 worth of food products held in the freezers and coolers in the Senior Center Dining Room kitchens during a power outage. This emergency generator will also provide power in the Douglas County Health Clinic, located inside the Community and Senior Center which services the healthcare needs of many Douglas County residents.

Good Morning skiers and riders and if you’re visiting, welcome to Lake Tahoe!

Today is Thursday, March 30.

5:10 p.m. update: There are currently electrical outages in South Lake Tahoe affecting about 162 customers. Crews are already working diligently to restore power to all customers.

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1:20 p.m. update: Power has been restored to all Placer County and El Dorado County customers affected by this morning's outage on the west and north shores of Lake Tahoe.

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There is a widespread power outage in the Lake Tahoe area affecting 4,125 customers of Liberty Utilities.

6:45 p.m. update - The remaining 131 El Dorado County customers without power should expect it to be restored by midnight at the latest according to the Liberty Utilities outage website.

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5:20 p.m. update - Power has been restored to almost all of the Liberty Utility customers. At this time just 136 remain without electricity.

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Tahoe Coalition for the Homeless (TCH) would like to thank the City of South Lake Tahoe for their preparedness in the face of severe weather last week. As one volunteer commented, “Everyone at the City of South Lake Tahoe was very nice, helpful, and willing.”