...data centers

https://fortune.com/2026/05/12/lake-tahoe-data-center-49000-residents-power-source/

No warm and fuzzy, we're going straight to loot and pillage stage.

As expected, more complex than "data center steals residential power."

Truckee resident spent 5 days with us of a long weekend and showed me this

https://www.moonshineink.com/tahoe-news/a-shock-to-the-system/

Yes, data center demand is the proximate cause, but this area was supposed to separate from NV power in 2015 as a result of 2009 reorganizations and purchases. They got two five-year extensions and were hoping for a third, but the data center demand killed the third extension. But the cutoff has been in the plans since 2009.