The Nevada System of Higher Education board of regents has agreed to a multiyear agreement with NV Energy that’s expected to save the state government unit about $380,000 an annual energy costs statewide.
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The Nevada System of Higher Education is considering a long-term contract with NV Energy in which the utility would pay the system at least $1.5 million to stay on as bundled customer.
The solar projects should generate enough electricity to power 230,000 homes.
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Better Buildings Challenge recognized Las Vegas Sands Corp. for its 24 percent savings in energy consumption at The Venetian.
Nine months after the LV Stadium Events Co. secured approval to use an alternative energy provider , the company is moving toward becoming a long-term NV Energy customer.
SolarReserve, developer of the Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Plant, last week sued the Department of Energy and Tonopah Solar Energy, the plant’s operator.
The Drew began the process to use an alternative energy provider back in April.
An S&P Global report released last month said Nevada’s electricity prices dipped 14.5 percent between 2009 and 2018, the most among any state.
The average monthly bill would drop 69 cents from $46 to $45.31 for the average Southern Nevada single-family residential customer.
The PUC reaffirmed its order allowing Air Liquide to use an alternative energy provider
Southern Nevada residents can expect to their electricity bills to drop about $0.80 a month, starting this fall.
NV Energy claims a French manufacturing company was largely responsible for six explosions throughout Nevada substations between 2011 and 2017.
The companies’ use of off-site solar projects propelled them to the top, SEIA director of research Shawn Rumery said. Of the 7 gigawatts tracked in the report, 1.5 were from off-site projects.
Caesars Entertainment Corp. and Tesla opened a new supercharging station last week behind The Linq Promenade, near the High Roller.
According to the agreement, the Clark County School District would promise not to leave NV Energy in return for cost savings.