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Details of Switch deal with Nevada Power emerge

Elements of a deal struck by Switch and Nevada Power Co. to keep by the data storage company as a customer of the utility for at least the next three years are detailed in a new filing with the state Public Utilities Commission.

 
Huge solar-thermal plant opens near Nevada-California border

The Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System, sprawling across roughly 5 square miles of federal land near the California-Nevada border, formally opens Thursday. It’s considered a key marker in the emerging solar power industry.

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Massive nuclear plant assembly to be shipped through Nevada

A massive, slightly radioactive piece of steam generator dismantled from a nuclear power plant in Southern California is scheduled to roll very deliberately across rural Nevada next week on its way to a dump in Utah.

Nominee pledges to return ‘collegiality’ to nuclear agency

U.S. senators eager to turn the page on a divisive chapter at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Wednesday welcomed President Barack Obama’s choice to become the new chairman.

Nevada Energy Star Partners launches new ‘Save’ campaign

Nevada Energy Star partners — a voluntary coalition of Southern Nevada homebuilders, developers, retailers, mortgage providers, energy consultants and local utilities — has launched its 2009 Energy Star campaign with the motto: “Together we save.”