Nevadans are gearing up to drive more and pay less for gasoline this holiday season, with significant savings as prices continue to fall, according to the latest AAA Fuel Gauge Report.
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The solar industry presented 31,650 signatures to the PUC at its meeting Wednesday asking the PUC to set long-term solar net metering rules that give Nevadans the ability to choose clean energy, and allow Nevada’s solar economy to continue to grow and create new jobs.
State regulators on Wednesday gave their approval to three major Strip gaming companies to leave as customers of Nevada Power Co. to secure their own electricity supplies on the open market.
NV Energy has filed requests with state regulators to expand two large-scale solar photovoltaic projects in Southern Nevada to serve the renewable energy goals and growth of data-storage companies Switch and Apple.
CARSON CITY — Draft orders posted Wednesday by state regulators would allow three major gaming companies to leave as customers of Nevada Power Co. and secure their own electricity supplies on the open market, but only upon payment collectively of $126.6 million in exit fees.
Las Vegas may be going solar. City leaders on Tuesday announced a three-year deal with NV Energy they hope will see every city-owned streetlight, park, community center, fire station and public building powered by renewable energy by 2017.
After a monthslong back-and-forth that included quiet threats to leave the grid, Las Vegas may soon reach a new utilities deal with NV Energy.
A new solar project, the first utility-scale facility to be owned and operated by NV Energy, is now sending electricity to Nellis Air Force Base.
Southern Nevadans will get a break on their monthly electricity bills beginning in January.
The battle over rooftop solar will be re-engaged this week as state regulators take up permanent rules for net metering that could dramatically alter the future of the industry in Nevada.
A new poll of Nevada residents ahead of next week’s state regulatory hearings on net metering shows strong support for the existing rooftop solar tariff and opposition to NV Energy’s proposal.
The head of Nevada’s largest electric utility said Tuesday the process for allowing large users to leave the network and seek cheaper power elsewhere is a “toxic” exercise but pledged nonetheless to assist in the transition if that is the final outcome.
Paul Caudill, president and chief executive of NV Energy, will testify Tuesday before Nevada’s Public Utilities Commission on the application by Wynn Las Vegas to withdraw as a customer and buy its power on the open market.
A coalition formed by two major casino companies and a rooftop-solar business to promote energy competition and independence announced Thursday that former Gov. Bob List has been named as chairman of the group.
CARSON CITY — Southern Nevada hotel-casino operators are asking state regulators to mandate that Nevada Power provide detailed information on other competitive options to contrast with the utility company’s preliminary proposal to build a new $965 million gas plant to meet Southern Nevada’s future energy needs.