The Lewis River RV Park has been granted a “third and final” short-term extension to its electrical service, averting a power shutoff that had been scheduled for Thursday morning. The new cutoff deadline is 1 p.m. Tuesday.

This marks the third week in a row in which a planned Thursday morning cutoff has been averted by a last-minute extension, but Cowlitz Public Utility District public relations manager Alice Dietz said that a fourth extension would not be offered.

“He knows what he needs to do and what his obligations are,” she said, referring to the RV Park’s owner Jerry Reeves.

The previous two extensions came about after Reeves met with Cowlitz Public Utility District staff on the day before the cutoff deadline and worked out a deal. The county has also maintained garbage service at the park.

Cowlitz County chief of staff Axel Swanson said Reeves and the utility district agreed to another extension on Thursday morning, but the county commissioners chose to impose a hard deadline this time after consulting with the county prosecuting attorney’s office about the feasibility of using emergency homelessness funds to maintain services.