UPDATE: NV Energy cancels public safety outage watch

UPDATE, Oct. 25 at 3:30 p.m.

NV Energy has canceled the Public Safety Outage Management event planned for the south Carson, Genoa and Glenbrook areas, according to an email from NV Energy. Because the weather conditions have improved, power will not be shut off for safety. 

INITIAL STORY

Due to elevated fire weather conditions forecast for the South Carson, Genoa and Glenbrook areas, a proactive outage is likely to affect approximately 1,650 NV Energy customers beginning at approximately 9 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 25, lasting until approximately 9 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 26.

During a proactive outage – also known as a Public Safety Outage Management (PSOM) event – NV Energy will proactively de-energize power for customers in high-risk zones to help protect the community and environment from wildfires.

This potential proactive outage will impact a small portion of the total number of NV Energy customers in the South Carson, Genoa and Glenbrook areas. The proactive outage will be adjusted or cancelled if weather conditions change.

Potentially impacted customers are being notified via phone, text, email messages and social media. NV Energy will continue to monitor fire weather conditions and will provide regular updates on the status of the outage.

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 to begin safely restoring power. The restoration time may change based on weather conditions or if crews must make repairs to equipment.

A PSOM event 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.

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