Southwest Gas rate payers gathered at the Public Utilities Commission’s office to protest potential rate hikes that would give the utility company $21.4 million in annual revenue.
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NV Energy filed its quarterly rate adjustments and customers in Southern Nevada can expect to see an average increase of 1.54 percent, starting April 1.
The state’s order came after a major pipeline that delivers gasoline supplies to Las Vegas developed a leak in Long Beach, California.
Gov. Joe Lombardo said he is not aware of any reports of price gouging following last week’s shutdown of a pipeline that supplies gasoline to Las Vegas.
County and state officials urged local residents to avoid panic buying “to limit potential impacts due to this temporary disruption.”
The pipeline supplies gasoline, diesel and jet fuel to locations throughout California and Nevada, including Las Vegas.
U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm announced a proposed $2 billion loan for a Nevada company that produces parts for lithium batteries.
A chilly January and recently implemented rate hikes has Southern Nevadans facing higher utility bills, and more rate hikes may be coming in April.
Tesla plans to invest an estimated $3.6 billion in battery and electric semi-truck manufacturing in Northern Nevada and create 3,000 jobs, the company announced Tuesday.
NV Energy is proposing a more than $800 million plan to advance the state’s energy independence.
The achievement will pave the way for advancements in national defense and the future of clean power, officials said.
The bills for electricity and gas will go up in January, with NV Energy customers in Southern Nevada seeing an average increase of 14.4 percent across all customer classes.
Southwest Gas implemented a rate increase Oct. 1 for its more than 700,000 customers in Southern Nevada.
Energy ministers cut production by a larger-than-expected 2 million barrels per day starting in November.
The state’s largest utility firm has mailed notices to Southern Nevadans announcing the rate increases that will take effect Oct. 1.