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Widespread power outages in western Nevada

Published: Mar. 2, 2024 at 9:44 AM PST|Updated: 56 minutes ago

RENO, Nev. (KOLO) -NV Energy reports 9,524 customers without power in Northern Nevada on Saturday morning with 8,068 in Washoe County.

The single highest concentration are 2,388 customers without power in the North Valleys area. But the outages are scattered across the Truckee Meadows, Carson City and Lake Tahoe areas, plus parts of rural Nevada.

In many cases, the outages started before midnight. NV Energy lists no cause and no estimated time of power to be restored for most cases.

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