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A state agency is questioning the Silver State’s lack of wind energy, and says it’s ready to coordinate discussions that could get wind projects moving. At the end of 2010, every state surrounding Nevada had at least 128 megawatts of wind power up and running. Nevada doesn’t have a single wind farm big enough for utility use.
After a tug-of-war between green energy advocates and utility power players during the Nevada Legislature, the debate continues about whether the Silver State went forward or backward in its goal to become a renewable energy leader.
WASHINGTON — A bill that would renew contracts for states and cities in the Southwest that pull electricity from Hoover Dam advanced in Congress on Wednesday.
Gregory Jaczko, the nation’s top nuclear regulator, is back in the center of controversy following an internal investigation that concluded he was not forthright with colleagues in taking steps that halted the Yucca Mountain program.