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Power restored for 1,800 northwest valley homes

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By RICARDO TORRES LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

March 1, 2015 - 7:12 pm

Power has been restored for over 1,800 homes in the northwest valley following an outage that lasted about two hours, according the NV Energy.

The zip codes that were most affected were 89149 and 89130, in the northwest area where U.S Highway 95 meets the 215 Beltway.

It wasn’t immediately clear what caused the outage, but power was restored by 7 p.m., according to NV Energy.

Contact Ricardo Torres at rtorres@reviewjournal.com and 702-383-0381. Find him on Twitter: @rickytwrites.

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