About 600 NV Energy customers warned of possible power shutdown due to weather

UDPATE 9/27: NV Energy has increased the PSOM Watch to a PSOM Warning. They will be monitoring fire weather conditions but said the event is now highly likely for the areas in the maps above, Kingsbury Grade and Genoa area. They expect the PSOM event to start Monday between 3:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. and end on Tuesday, September 28 at approximately 4:00 p.m. This outage will impact approximately 600 customers.

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 in order to begin safely restoring power. Please note that the restoration time may change based on weather conditions or if crews must make repairs to equipment. 

Impacted customers have been notified via phone, text and email messages. NV Energy will continue to monitor fire weather conditions and will provide regular updates on the status of the outage. Customers are encouraged to have an emergency plan in place. This PSOM event will be adjusted or cancelled if weather conditions change.



NV Energy will open a drive-thru Customer Resource Center during the PSOM event at the following location: Genoa Volunteer Fire Station, East Fork Station #3 – 2298 Main Street, Genoa, NV 89441. It will be open during the PSOM event from 2:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. on September 27 and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. or until power is restored on September 28, and offer charging devices, light snacks, water and outage updates.

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NV Energy is monitoring fire weather conditions in the Lake Tahoe area, and a Public Safety Outage Management (PSOM) watch is in effect for the Kingsbury and Carson-Minden (Genoa area) PSOM zones on Monday, September 27 starting between 3:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. and ending on Tuesday, September 28 at approximately 4:00 p.m.

This outage will impact approximately 600 customers.

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 in order to begin safely restoring power. Please note that the restoration time may change based on weather conditions or if crews must make repairs to equipment. 

Impacted customers have been notified via phone, text and email messages. NV Energy will continue to monitor fire weather conditions and will provide regular updates on the status of the outage. Customers are encouraged to have an emergency plan in place. This PSOM event will be adjusted or cancelled if weather conditions change.

PSOM 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.
NV Energy provides a wide range of energy services to more than 1.5 million customers throughout Nevada and a typical tourist population of 56 million annually. NV Energy, Inc. is a holding company whose principal subsidiaries, Nevada Power Company and Sierra Pacific Power Company, do business as NV Energy. NV Energy is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada. Information about NV Energy is available on the company's website, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube pages, which can be accessed via nvenergy.com.