Power was out along the West Shore, in Tahoe City, and along the North Shore eastward to Tahoe Vista for over 30 hours through New Year's Eve. The outage happened at just before noon on December 31st and continued through the evening hours of January 1st, leaving residents, businesses and visitors scrambling for information, food, heat and gas and changing New Year's Eve plans.

On Saturday the power company told local residents that power would be restored before New Year's Eve partying started, but power remained out through the New Year.

At least two local restaurants reportedly took matters into their own hands. The New Year's parties went on at Wolfdal's and Rosie's using generators to provide light and refridgeration.

As of Monday morning, January 2nd, power was out over Mt. Rose, forcing the Mt. Rose ski area to close for the day.