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To: Board of Directors
From: Stephen Hollabaugh
Date: February 01, 2017
Subject: Discussion Regarding Continuing Storm Event Operations
1. WHY THIS MATTER IS BEFORE THE BOARD
This is an informational item regarding the January storm events and outages.
2. HISTORY
The greater Truckee community has had large storm events throughout history.
These storm events put stress on roadways, snow removal operations, and utility
operations amongst other areas of concern. At the January 19, 2017 Board meeting,
the a workshop item covering January 4th through January 18th storm events were
reviewed. The workshop included:
• Part 1: The Atmospheric River! (Wednesday, January 4th to January
9th) - Started with significant snowfall and then two days of rain.
• Part 2: The Blizzard! (Tuesday, January 10 to January 13th) - Large
amount of snow in a short period, Heavy wet snow that caused extensive
damage.NV Energy transmission line hit by tree causing entire District to lose
power for just over 12 hours.
• Part 3: Mutual Aid! (Wednesday to Saturday, January 11th to January
13th) - Received Mutual Aid from City of Roseville and Plumas Sierra Rural
Electric.
• Part 4. The Aftermath! (January 13 to January 18th) - Primary electric
lines all repaired by Saturday January 17th. Crews continued to repair downed
secondary and services and more to customers homes.
3. NEW INFORMATION
The Storms keep coming.
The greater Truckee community continued to respond to a series of severe winter
storms and blizzards that have caused power outages, traffic delays, school closures,
falling trees and flooding. This latest series of storms started on January 19th and
went through January 25th. The blizzard that peaked on Sunday through Sunday
night dumping several feet of snow in the Truckee area. Sunday and Monday was
particularly challenging as a large number of trees fell again, roads became
impassible, and access to our equipment was not possible or requirement significant
effort.
Over the 7 plus day time -period to today (January 19 to January 25th), the District has
experienced 14,115 customer interruptions. The most severe days was January 241n
where 10,780 customers were affected when NV Energy's transmission service went
down from around 3:18 PM and went on and off line through 10:30 that night. In total,
the District responded to 2,651 outage calls from customers during that period.
The District's electric crews have been working day and night to remove trees and
repair damage to our distribution system. Alkin-all, the electric distribution system's
protection and safety equipment performed admirably. The District's administrative
staff, along with support from all District employees, have been working long hours
responding to thousands of calls and help coordinate the efforts of the crews.
4. FISCAL IMPACT
The fiscal impact of these particular series of storms has yet to be determined.
5. RECOMMENDATION
Receive this report and provide input to staff.
Stephen Hollabaugh
Assistant General Manager
Michael D. Holley
General Manager