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50k Lake Tahoe residents told no more electricity, will be for data centers
| Paralegal Marandi | 05/13/26 |
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Date: May 13th, 2026 11:30 AM Author: Paralegal Marandi (Death, death to the IDF!) America is a nightmare.
Something will need to be done.
https://fortune.com/2026/05/12/lake-tahoe-data-center-49000-residents-power-source/ |
Date: May 13th, 2026 11:31 AM Author: Paralegal Marandi (Death, death to the IDF!) Lake Tahoe doesn’t know where its power will come from after next ski season—and it’s a major problem for the 49,000 residents who call the region home. Recommended Video The Sierra Nevada tourist hub—home to ski resorts, lakeside casinos, and roughly 25 to 28 million annual visitors—is facing an energy crisis with a familiar culprit: the data centers powering the AI boom. + − Leaflet | © CARTO © OSM Lake Tahoe Power Infrastructure Liberty Utilities (CalPeco Electric) & NV Energy's interconnected system — a unique regulatory island where California ratepayers depend entirely on Nevada's grid βΌ collapse Regulatory Situation Liberty Utilities / CalPeco Electric Grid Island NOT on CAISO / PG&E grid ~49,000 CA customers operate entirely within NV Energy's Balancing Authority Area Power Supply 100% from NV Energy Full-requirements agreement with Sierra Pacific Power / NV Energy — expires May 2027 Rate Impact Rates up ~100% in ~4 years Per community testimony. Revenue requirement: $232.956M (2025); Wildfire insurance alone: $30.667M Data Center Competition 5,900 MW requested in N. Nevada 96% concentrated in Northern NV — competing for the same NV Energy system Tahoe depends on Tourism Pressure 28.4M annual visitor trips 24.4M by visitors; 3,000+ vacation rentals in Placer County territory alone Service Territory 7 rural CA counties Placer, El Dorado, Nevada, Sierra, Plumas, Mono, Alpine Map Legend Liberty Service Communities Substations / Infrastructure NV Energy Connection Points Data Centers (competing load) Key Development Projects Liberty/CalPeco Service Boundary NV Energy Power Flow Corridor CA/NV State Border NV Energy, the Nevada utility that has supplied the bulk of Lake Tahoe’s electricity for decades, told Liberty Utilities—the small California company that services the region—that it will stop providing power after May 2027. The reason? NV Energy needs the capacity for data centers. As in: the energy supplier for the Lake Tahoe region is telling the utility company that it has less than a year to find another power source. Northern Nevada has become one of the fastest-growing data-center corridors in the country. Google, Apple, and Microsoft have either built or are planning facilities around the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center east of Reno. The Desert Research Institute, using data from NV Energy’s 2024 Integrated Resource Plan, found that the 12 data center projects located overwhelmingly in Northern Nevada could drive 5,900 megawatts of new demand by 2033. At a regional business event last fall, NV Energy’s director of business development called the moment “unprecedented,” saying the company was eager to serve the new industrial load but that it would not “impact our existing customer base.” But Liberty’s 49,000 California customers may already be bearing the cost. Liberty Utilities generates about 25% of its power from solar facilities it owns in Nevada. The other 75% comes from NV Energy, and that source will no longer be supplied to the region by this time next year. “It’s like we don’t exist,” Danielle Hughes told Fortune. Hughes is a North Lake Tahoe resident, CEO of the nonprofit Tahoe Spark, and a supervisor within the California Energy Commission’s Efficiency Division. |
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Date: May 13th, 2026 11:40 AM Author: shitlaw boss vibecoding productivity tracker (π§) not a single american will ever go without power in the real world because of data centers. there are plenty of problems with society and this is simply not one of them. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5866318&forum_id=2#49883446) |
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Date: May 13th, 2026 11:57 AM Author: Paralegal Marandi (Death, death to the IDF!) good goyim keep getting high on your own farts while they rob you blind (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5866318&forum_id=2#49883470) |
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Date: May 13th, 2026 12:12 PM Author: shitlaw boss vibecoding productivity tracker (π§) you just hate america and want it to fail so you look for every possible cause to fret to instill fear instead of focusing on what actually matters. I would bet you one hundred thousand dollars that no American citizen experiences a loss or rationing of power because of data centers. It is just something that will not be tolerated, politicians would cave way before this would happen. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5866318&forum_id=2#49883494) |
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Date: May 13th, 2026 12:15 PM Author: Paralegal Marandi (Death, death to the IDF!) People are already dealing with the repercussions of these, you idiot.
- Data centers, specifically Elon Musk’s xAI "Colossus" facility, are causing severe environmental and health concerns in Memphis, TN, by operating unpermitted, polluting gas turbines. These facilities emit high levels of nitrogen oxides (NOx) and formaldehyde, threatening local air quality in an area already suffering from poor air quality (rated "F" by the American Lung Association) and high asthma rates.
- Data center expansion in Georgia is causing significant repercussions, including severe water supply strain, with some facilities consuming millions of gallons, reducing residential pressure.
- Virginia, holding the world's largest concentration of data centers, faces significant repercussions from rapid, unchecked expansion, including severely strained power grids, rising energy costs, and intense environmental impacts. |
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Date: May 13th, 2026 12:15 PM Author: shitlaw boss vibecoding productivity tracker (π§) nice AI slop you blackpill faggot. point me to a concrete instance of an American citizen being denied power because of datacenters, not "environmental concerns" (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5866318&forum_id=2#49883512) |
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Date: May 13th, 2026 12:18 PM Author: Paralegal Marandi (Death, death to the IDF!) yeah i'm sure every single concrete instance of people getting gassed or finding sediments in their water supply or experiencing blackouts was already covered (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5866318&forum_id=2#49883529) |
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