LETTERS: NV Energy’s plans unjustifiable

The editorial on rooftop solar was focused on the wrong industry ("Solar must pay its way," Sunday Review-Journal). It should be that NV Energy must pay. How do you justify NV Energy's request to spend close to $1 billion to build a gas-fired generating plant, so that it can avoid purchasing power from out of state? How do you justify the recent agreement NV Energy signed to pay 13 cents per kilowatt hour from a future solar generating plant to be built near Tonopah?

I know how NV Energy justifies it. The company is allowed to receive a 10.5 percent return on its capital investments from the gas plant, and will certainly resell the power from the solar plant at more than 13 cents per kWh.

Net metering credits are not paid in cash but in lower demand, especially during peak periods. If more home solar installations were allowed, NV Energy would not need to purchase power from out of state or at a premium. The state has a mandate to reduce power generated from fossil fuels, and for the first time, individual homeowners can realize their own financial benefit from being environmentally friendly. If investors in NV energy don't like it, in the editorial's own words, too bad.

Andrew J. Perla

Las Vegas

Teach finances

We can't dispute America's rising expenses, the average American's debt rate and stagnant wages taking a huge toll on everyone's present and future. Political leaders are always talking about Social Security reform, the national debt and our nation's lack of planning.

But topics such as banking, Social Security and 401(k) accounts are not discussed or taught in public education. Our children are taught many things on a wide variety of topics that may or may not be useful. Why not have them learn something they will inevitably use in everyday life?

If we teach our children the importance of better banking, how to handle everyday expenses and how to save for their futures, we provide them with vital tools for a successful future. I believe finance education should be actively taught across the nation, starting in elementary school.

Katrina Helmick

North Las Vegas

Where is the FCC?

Has the Federal Communications Commission disbanded or gone on vacation? The agency jumps on a TV network if a guest on a late-night talk show has a slip of the tongue, but hasn't said anything about the lengthy and many advertisements on TV of late. In addition, robocalls are getting more frequent and deceptive, promoting scams, yet not a word from the FCC.

Cable subscribers pay a healthy fee for service, yet are subjected to more and more ads, even half-hour paid programming ads. Telephone calls, whether on landlines or cellphones, are a constant nuisance. If a household wants caller ID or call-blocking, more fees are added to the bill.

We have become a nation of total tolerance, with Congress and federal agencies seemingly happy to have it just that way. Deflated footballs are investigated, while things that truly matter to the American public are completely ignored.

Theresa Krause

Boulder City

Don't take refugees

The U.S. is making a big mistake accepting Syrian refugees ("Vegas torn on debate," Nov. 18 Review-Journal). The Department of Homeland Security admits there is no way to guarantee an ISIS member will not be among the thousands of refugees entering the country. Do we want another Paris incident? What is the Obama administration thinking? Or maybe it isn't thinking.

Furthermore, the photo with the article showed a family of six, with four children. What will it cost us to provide for the refugees this administration wants to bring in? Why don't we spend this money on our veterans and millions of starving American kids?

More than half the states have already expressed opposition to taking in refugees at this point. Is this not a clear voice from the American people? The solution is to help resolve the problems in Syria and allow these people to stay in their own country.

Miguel Reyes-Cuerva

Henderson

Move to Denmark

For the life of me, I cannot understand far left-wing, ultra-liberal people who want to turn America into a socialist nation. If socialism is all that great, and you are determined to achieve it in your lifetime, wouldn't it be easier to pack your bags and move to Denmark, instead of trying to impose your beliefs on the rest of us?

Tim Hicks

Las Vegas