New power outages around Carson City on Wednesday; more than 5,200 without electricity
UPDATE: Power has been returning Wednesday afternoon with around 1,500 customers in Carson City remaining without power as of 4:22 p.m., according to NV Energy.
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Just when power was beginning to fully be restored around Carson City from the New Year's storm, another widespread outage returned Wednesday afternoon affecting more than 5,200 NV Energy customers.
As many as 42 separate outages have been reported, with low estimates at 5,067 NV Energy customers affected, but with the NV outage map showing more than 5,200 without power.
The outages are scattered throughout the city. The cause of the outages are under investigation and, at this time, there is not a restoration time given, according to NV Energy.
Elsewhere as of 3:45 p.m. Wednesday afternoon, Douglas County had 277 customers without power, 129 customers in Lyon County, 2 customers in Storey County and 1,216 customers in Washoe County.
Check back for updates.