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When will the power be back in Carson, NV?

See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · Carson City, Nevada
No significant county-wide outage reported · updated 2:15 PM PDT.
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Elsewhere in Nevada: 16 customers reported out — statewide status.
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Official ETA, when the utility posts oneIndependent estimated return window when trend data allows — often available first
Utility-reported status & customer countsConfidence range + whether the outage is growing, stable, or restoring

How the forecast works: we analyze how quickly customers are being restored, whether the outage is still growing, current weather, outage size, and similar past outages in this area. Every completed forecast is compared with when power actually returned. As of Sep 14, 13,627 completed outages have been graded this way — typical (median) error 1.6 hours across the most recent 600 of them (about 3.1 days), and we publish the misses. See the full record (how it works). Independent and unofficial: never the utility's commitment.

Track current power outages in Carson, Nevada — customers reported out, restoration progress, active weather alerts, and an independent restoration estimate. Carson is a city in Carson City; when the serving utility's own outage map reports Carson directly, this page shows the city's own outage count and restoration time, with the county-wide view as context.

What we track for Carson

Carson is a city of about 58,148 residents in Carson City.

None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Carson by name, so this page reports the Carson City county-wide view, which covers Carson. If a serving utility does name Carson during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.

Who serves Carson?

We track live outage data from NV Energy in Carson City — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. See the forecast panel above for how the estimate works — its inputs, its independence from the utility, and how every completed forecast is scored against what actually happened. Outages below 5 customers are too small for a meaningful area-wide estimate — the page says so instead of guessing.

Recent outages tracked in Carson

Carson's last tracked outage began Sep 14, peaked at 31 customers out, and was restored in 35 minutes.

  • Sep 14 — 31 customers out, restored in 35 minutes
Tracked by this site from the serving utilities' own live outage maps (outages of 25+ customers; dates are local calendar days). These recent, city-level outages build on the longer-term federal record below.
Longer-term outage history — Carson City, NV (covers Carson)
Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 210 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 2 major events of 10,000+ customers. Typical restoration ran ~2.3 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.
That is shorter than the Nevada norm in the same records, where the typical outage ran ~3.5 hr.
Largest on record: ~14,038 customers out in November 2019, restored after about 3.8 hr. The busiest year on record here was 2023.
Source: EAGLE-I (Oak Ridge National Laboratory / U.S. Department of Energy), county-level records 2014–2025 measured by the same rules as our tracking archive above, over a far longer period than we have been tracking — the same method, a different set of outages. These are federal historical records, not events tracked live by this site.

Common questions

When will my power be back on in Carson, NV?

It depends on the cause and how many crews are working. When's the Power Back? combines the live outage count, the current restoration rate, weather, and local history into an independent estimate for the Carson area — shown even before your utility posts an official restoration time. Check the live power outage status at the top of this page.

How do I check the power outage status in Carson, NV?

This page is a live power outage status check for the Carson area: current customers out, the affected areas on the map, and an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data is available, refreshed about every 15 minutes from utilities' own outage maps and the federal government's county outage data. Your utility's own outage map remains the official word for your account.

How do I report a power outage in Carson, NV?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities tracked in Carson City include NV Energy; confirm your own provider, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.

Does this page show Carson specifically, or the whole county?

Right now, the Carson City county-wide view, which covers Carson. No utility outage map we follow has yet listed an outage for Carson by name; utilities here have so far reported only county-wide totals, or used area names we cannot match to Carson. If that changes during an outage, the city's own count and restoration time appear here automatically.

How accurate is the restoration estimate?

Every estimate is later graded against when the tracked outage was substantially restored (~90% of customers back), and the track record is published on our accuracy page. Estimates firm up a few hours into an outage once a steady restoration trend appears; very small outages are marked "too small to estimate" rather than guessed.

Carson, NV — live power outage tracker