LETTER: Much-touted Crescent Dunes solar plant goes bust

Tom Koski Las Vegas

January 14, 2020 - 4:25 pm

Do readers remember the Crescent Dunes solar power plant in Tonopah? The project commenced some 10 years ago and was financed in part with a $737 million federal loan guarantee.

Nevada Energy fully supported the project, promising to buy power at a rate almost six times as high as the market at the time. At the same time, the company was destroying Nevada’s residential solar businesses by pushing through a measure to reduce the “buyback” of energy generated by households to less than one-sixth of the going rate.

How is the Crescent Dunes doing? It ceased operations in April. The three-quarters of a billion dollars of federal guaranteed loans have been eaten by us taxpayers, and the Department of Energy is trying to decide what to do with this albatross.

Will anyone answer for this abomination? We all know the answer to that.

LETTER: Las Vegas business fees gone wild

Sherri Cohen Las Vegas

March 27, 2023 - 9:01 pm

Las Vegas area businesses are nickel-and-diming everyone to death.

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LETTER: A veteran disappears in Death Valley

Barry Scott Las Vegas

March 27, 2023 - 9:01 pm

The dangers of being alone and unarmed in Death Valley.

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LETTERS: Gavin Newsom’s misplaced priorities

Lou Young North Las Vegas

March 26, 2023 - 9:01 pm

And a California town floods because of it.

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LETTER: Biden demands accountability from bank executives

Jill Levy North Las Vegas

March 26, 2023 - 9:01 pm

Instead of taking responsibility for any shortcomings, Mr. Biden has simply avoided the subject or has blamed the “previous administration.”

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LETTER: Blame Trump for SVB collapse

Robert Bencivenga Henderson

March 25, 2023 - 9:00 pm

Bank executives also made mistakes.

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LETTER: Septic tank bill would be a burden to homeowners

Michele Tombari Las Vegas

March 25, 2023 - 9:00 pm

The naturally cleaned water coming out of septic systems is not lost, nor will forcing homeowners to change to sewer provide more than a drop in the bucket toward this drought.