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Re: 50K Tahoe residents need power as utility eyes redirecting lines to data centers

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Post by josteinhylin » Thu, May 14, 2026, 12:01 PM UTC

toast0 wrote: post #29

dylan604 wrote: post #6

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That is not 100% true though. In Burbank, CA the power is city owned. https://www.burbankwaterandpower.com/

That there are city owned utilities doesn't seem to refute any of prepend's statement. > In the US, power is a public utility. A city owned utility is both a public utiliy because it offers a utility service to the public and a public utility because it is municipally owned. > And regulated as such. I expect Burbank W&P is regulated by the CPUC, same as other power utilities that operate in California. > The provider…

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Re: 50K Tahoe residents need power as utility eyes redirecting lines to data centers

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Post by josteinhylin » Thu, May 14, 2026, 12:01 PM UTC

toast0 wrote: post #29

dylan604 wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That is not 100% true though. In Burbank, CA the power is city owned. https://www.burbankwaterandpower.com/

That there are city owned utilities doesn't seem to refute any of prepend's statement. > In the US, power is a public utility. A city owned utility is both a public utiliy because it offers a utility service to the public and a public utility because it is municipally owned. > And regulated as such. I expect Burbank W&P is regulated by the CPUC, same as other power utilities that operate in California. > The provider…

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Re: 50K Tahoe residents need power as utility eyes redirecting lines to data centers

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Post by maxk42 » Fri, May 15, 2026, 12:10 AM UTC

zzzeek wrote: post #108

maxk42 wrote: post #102

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Tahoe is not a town. It is a region containing many towns. Most of it will continue to have power (mostly through NV Energy). This is a single utility that has failed to plan for this planned transition for 17 years. Invoking the data center bogeyman for political sympathy is the only thing going on here. Liberty has failed repeatedly to address this problem for nearly two decades and it's beyond time they were cut l…

I have no problem with new datacenters being built, but if the Fortune article is to be believed, it's that the suddenly tight timeline is due to the rapid increase in need for these facilities. my post is more about how we really need to be seeking energy sources from all possible corners, and we have a government that is literally paying billions to contractors to cancel wind projects.

The timeline expired 17 years ago. They've been granted numerous extensions. This deadline is neither new nor "suddenly tight". They were granted another extension last year. They're simply informing Liberty there will be no further extensions. If you have to wonder who's wrong: The utility that's been granting extensions for 17 years or the utility that's been missing their deadline for 17 years I think you'll have your answer if you think about it.

Re: 50K Tahoe residents need power as utility eyes redirecting lines to data centers

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Post by freediddy » Fri, May 15, 2026, 8:18 PM UTC

rickharrison wrote: post #155

Noaidi wrote: post #87

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1) Boycott the products and share the idea with others. 2) Show up to town meetings BEFORE these data centers come. 3) Organize! This is the most important. Yes, voting does not matter, but being a loud constituency does.

Boycott what products? I can't boycott my electricity. There is only one provider. Re #2) I am a tahoe resident and these data centers aren't in my towns. They are far away. I'm not blaming the data centers for these problems, I just disagree with OP that "Tahoe residents kicked the can down the road". Many of us just go to work, take care of our families, and pay our electric bill. Just not sure how this is our faul…

Your power provider is far away from your towns as well. Your officials had agreements for power that were extended multiple times. No one in Tahoe did anything because any of the REAL solutions were "too expensive."

If you want to blame anyone blame yourselves, and the elected officials in charge of Tahoe. You collectively had decades to fix the problem, but you collectively didn't. Now, you have to pay the piper. Sorry but that's the blunt fact.

Don't try to absolve yourself of responsibility when it is your responsibility to know what is going on around you and it's your responsibility to elect officials to make sure they have your best interests at heart. And if they don't and no one steps up, then it's up to you to step up. Otherwise, move, or bear the consequences. You, unfortunately, have to the bear the consequences because nothing when done when there was plenty of time to get something done.