The commission's actions come as a backlash grows against data centers over fears about rising electricity prices.
According to the NV Energy outage map, thousands of customers had their power turned off during Tuesday night's Navato Fire in east Sparks.
Washoe County is hosting a virtual neighborhood meeting to discuss the Lazy 5 Substation and new transmission lines.
A power outage is affecting more than a thousand customers in Sparks. Most of the outages are in the 89431 area code.
NV Energy is reporting that it has restored power to nearly all customers affected across Washoe County.
NV Energy is reporting more than 1,300 customers are currently without power near Spanish Springs.
NV Energy says an underground equipment failure caused an early morning power outage in south Reno.
The Biggest Little City is getting solar-powered streetlights later this month. Six lights are set to be installed.
The project aims to address critical points on the grid and relieve congestion in the Reno area.
More than 1.3 million clients were without power early Tuesday and officials say it could take up to two days to restore power.