STOREY COUNTY, NEVADA · POWER / INFRASTRUCTURE · DATA CENTERS
Archive item · Events of September 17, 2026
What happened: The Public Utilities Commission of Nevada approved two gas plants totaling more than 360 megawatts, Peru Ridge and South Valley, to serve data centers at the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center, the Nevada Current’s Jeniffer Solis reported. The developer is Fleet Data Centers, part of Tract Capital.
Claim: Fleet says the plants will run for two to three years until NV Energy can serve the site, and will come “at zero cost to Nevada residents.”
Check: The bridge timeline is the developer’s expectation, not a permit condition described in the reporting. The attorney general’s office said the commission “failed to account for evidence” placed before it. A coalition, Nevadans for Clean Affordable Reliable Energy, estimated the plants would burn about three times the gas used by NV Energy’s Northern Nevada residential and commercial customers; that is an advocacy estimate we did not verify.
Concern: Emissions, a “temporary” plant becoming permanent, and whether private generation sidesteps the state’s renewable standard.
Outcome: Approved. The coalition, represented by Western Resource Advocates, is weighing an appeal. State environmental and county permits are still required.
Location Decision takeaway
Behind-the-meter gas is becoming the fastest route to power for large loads. Sites that promise it should expect questions about how long “temporary” lasts and who enforces the exit to grid service.
Original reporting: Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current, September 18, 2026.
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