What’s fair? That question hung over hearings into whether NV Energy can charge special rates to those who opt out of its smart-meter program. A consultant for the state Bureau of Consumer Protection said $35 million a year in operating costs NV Energy will save with smart meters could more than cover opt-out costs.
A coal-burning power plant 50 miles north of Las Vegas has been granted new life by federal regulators one week after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid declared it a “dirty relic” that should be shut down.
If oil and gas companies receive federal subsidies, so should renewable energy projects, said wind, geothermal and solar power supporters at Tuesday’s fifth-annual National Clean Energy Summit in Las Vegas.
Former President Bill Clinton on Tuesday called for less politics and more cooperation between private enterprise and government to develop clean energy, despite the higher cost.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid took a break from stumping for renewable energy at Tuesday’s National Clean Energy Summit to slam NV Energy for keeping its Reid Gardner coal-fired plant open 50 miles outside of Las Vegas.
WASHINGTON – Two solar projects planned on federal and tribal lands in Clark County are being put on a fast track as part of the Obama administration’s latest push behind green energy in the West.
Southwest Gas has requested to add a surcharge outside of regular rates to pay for pipeline replacement, and this has been met with varied opinions.
U.S. Sen. Harry Reid on Monday applied pressure on Nevada’s chief electricity provider to get behind a $5 billion solar project that a Chinese company wants to build on the outskirts of Laughlin.
The new chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission distanced herself Tuesday from earlier criticism of Yucca Mountain, telling lawmakers she will have an “open mind” on the project still lingering at the agency.
The Obama administration streamlined the development of 17 vast tracts across the West, including five in Nevada, for large-scale solar projects.
Solar panel manufacturer Amonix might have been in financial trouble before the company’s chief executive officer was killed in a December plane crash and 70 percent of the work force at its North Las Vegas plant was laid off a month later.
The Amonix solar manufacturing plant in North Las Vegas, subsidized by federal tax credits and grants, has closed its facility about a year after it opened.
