Power restored to nearly 4,000 NV Energy customers in Carson City, Douglas County
UPDATE 4PM: Power was restored to about around 3,900 NV Energy customers in south Carson City and north Douglas County at about 3:30 this afternoon.
NV Energy reports crews continue work at the substation where the outage happened but managed to get electricity back on to the affected areas. Officials also revised the number of homes and businesses affected during the outage to around 3,900.
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A power outage this afternoon is affecting about 6,000 NV Energy customers in southern Carson City and northern Douglas County.
The problem has been identified in a substation that serves the affected area, said NV Energy spokeswoman Faye Andersen. The outage happened at about 2 p.m.
Four lines feed into the substation. Crews are working to switch customers to available lines, Andersen said.
The cause of the outage is undetermined at this time, she said.
Carson City and Douglas County sheriff's deputies are working on traffic control issues.