Power out to several North Lake Tahoe customers

Submitted by paula on Tue, 01/24/2017 - 9:00pm

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.

Crews are on site digging through six feet to snow to get to the equipment.

"We ask that North Lake Tahoe customers who do have service, or those that may have service restored intermittently, please conserve as any alternative temporary power source will not be able to support the full load," said Kathy Carter, Liberty Utilities spokesperson.