50K Tahoe residents need power as utility eyes redirecting lines to data centers
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Re: 50K Tahoe residents need power as utility eyes redirecting lines to data centers
#2Power should be a public utility, just like water and sewage.
Re: 50K Tahoe residents need power as utility eyes redirecting lines to data centers
#3Power should be a public utility, just like water and sewage.
Private companies can operate more efficiently offering better service and competitive pricing. How do you not know that privatization is the solution? /s
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Re: 50K Tahoe residents need power as utility eyes redirecting lines to data centers
#5Power should be a public utility, just like water and sewage.
In the US, power is a public utility. And regulated as such. The providers can be private though and depends a lot on the location.
Personally, I wouldn’t trust my city or county to operate a power plant and transmission lines. I’m happy that power is regulated by my state as a natural monopoly.
Re: 50K Tahoe residents need power as utility eyes redirecting lines to data centers
#6Power should be a public utility, just like water and sewage.
In the US, power is a public utility. And regulated as such. The providers can be private though and depends a lot on the location. Personally, I wouldn’t trust my city or county to operate a power plant and transmission lines. I’m happy that power is regulated by my state as a natural monopoly.
That is not 100% true though. In Burbank, CA the power is city owned.
Re: 50K Tahoe residents need power as utility eyes redirecting lines to data centers
#7It's weird to read an article about how AI is ruining Lake Tahoe, with a map illustrating the problem, when the map itself has the world's most generic "100% generated by Claude" UI ever.
I'm not saying there's anything wrong with the article using the Claude map. It's just deeply funny somehow.
Re: 50K Tahoe residents need power as utility eyes redirecting lines to data centers
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
In the US, power is a public utility. And regulated as such. The providers can be private though and depends a lot on the location. Personally, I wouldn’t trust my city or county to operate a power plant and transmission lines. I’m happy that power is regulated by my state as a natural monopoly.
That is not 100% true though. In Burbank, CA the power is city owned. https://www.burbankwaterandpower.com/
A somewhat more prominent example of this model would be Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.
Re: 50K Tahoe residents need power as utility eyes redirecting lines to data centers
#9Same content: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/nearly-50-000-lake-tahoe-1709...
TL;DR Libertarian separatists, who went so far as to name their utility "Liberty Utilities", organized their utility in 2009 under a temporary agreement with Nevada, which was extended twice, and now after almost two decades of failing to invest in their own generating assets they will be deprioritized by their ex-partner.
Re: 50K Tahoe residents need power as utility eyes redirecting lines to data centers
#10It's weird to read an article about how AI is ruining Lake Tahoe, with a map illustrating the problem, when the map itself has the world's most generic "100% generated by Claude" UI ever. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with the article using the Claude map. It's just deeply funny somehow.
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