I’m genuinely baffled that this is legal.
this post was submitted on 13 May 2026
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It's what happens when you privatize necessary utilities. It will happen with water in a lot of areas as well.
Seems like it's time to go for solar to have protecting from the grid...
The local utility should put batteries on everyone’s home and use them as a virtual power plant.
And improve the value of the homes at no cost to the homeowners? They could never.
Gotta be rich to live in Tahoe these days. If anyone can get something changed, it's inconvenienced rich people.
There is no way this doesn’t impact locals that live their full time the most though. They need power all year and also pay utilities.
Someone's gotta work the restaurants and open up the tourist locations
Wonder if the California residents are isolated from the problem more-so than the Nevada residents?