Thousands in Reno Battle NV Energy Power Outages
Thousands of Washoe County residents, including Reno, Nevada, are still facing power outages from NV Energy across the region, affecting over 27,000 people.
There are thousands of Washoe County residents, including Reno, Nevada, who are still battling power outages from NV Energy across the region. Last evening, the number of people who were left without power was over 27,000 people, with the network failures mainly in the vicinity of midtown, downtown, and old southwest Reno found at around 7:45 p.m.
Furthermore, apart from the city disruptions, there are also around 6,000 people in Verdi experiencing the same issues following a wildfire. The increased number of people battling these power outages is complicating the efforts to identify the primary root cause and when they can have these issues resolved. There are measures being put in place to investigate the issue. Together with the local authorities, NV Energy would like to urge the affected residents to remain cautious as they wait for updates.