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.
Gov. Brian Sandoval announced Wednesday he has appointed Paul Thomsen as chairman of the Nevada Public Utilities Commission beginning Oct. 1.
Passengers on a Monday Allegiant Air flight from Bismarck, N.D., to Las Vegas were collecting their suitcases Tuesday after their flight was diverted to St. George Regional Airport in Utah.
Preliminary estimates indicate Tesla is eligible for nearly $10 million in transferrable tax credits based on its investments so far in a huge battery factory east of Reno, Nevada lawmakers were told Monday.
State officials are dimming the lights and preparing to phase out an ambitious but short-lived program initially intended to help people stay in their homes as Nevada’s housing market crumbled and home values plummeted during the Great Recession.
Even though transportation regulators have proposed knocking down the cost for a transportation network company to be licensed in the state, it’s still substantially higher than anyplace Uber and Lyft operate.
The Northern Nevada town, near where electric car maker Tesla is building its $5 billion battery factory, ranked No. 1 in the nation for home flips in the second quarter, according to California research firm RealtyTrac.
The state Bureau of Consumer Protection has proposed that state regulators authorize a minimum of an additional 17.5 megawatts of net metering capacity so that the rooftop solar industry is not disrupted in Nevada.
Assessing the viability of a potential solar power project comes next for the energy company that secured the lease of public land near Laughlin at Tuesday’s Clark County Commission meeting.
Southern Nevada residents who want to go green with rooftop solar without having to install and pay for panels on their own homes could soon benefit from a new proposal from Nevada Power.
