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WEBNevada Current is a nonprofit online source of political and policy news and commentary. We seek to demonstrate how policies, institutions and systems make life harder for Nevadans than it needs to be; document how things got that way, and; explore what it …
Striving for solar development balance on Nevada public lands
WEB2 days ago · Therefore, the push to develop solar energy on public lands in areas of the sensitive Amargosa River watershed in Nye and Clark Counties in Nevada raises significant concerns that cannot be ignored. Over 25 solar projects have already been proposed in this single watershed, encompassing some 60,000 acres or more of potential development.
PUC denies NV Energy bid to triple service charge in Northern …
WEB2 days ago · In a rare victory for NV Energy consumers, the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada voted Tuesday to reject the utility’s bid to nearly triple the basic service charge for Northern Nevada customers from $16.50 a month to $45.30 a month, “a number that I believe is much too high,” Commissioner Randy Brown said during the hearing.. The commission instead approved a $2 monthly increase to ...
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WEB6 days ago · BY: April Corbin Girnus - September 9, 2024. Two Nevada gaming giants are featured in a new report calling out excessive CEO pay at large corporations. The “Executive Excess” report from the Institute for Policy Studies and Inequality.org analyzed what the organizations have deemed the “Low-Wage 100” …
Both parties like their chances in ‘purple’ Assembly District 4
WEB5 hours ago · A commercial development executive and the founder of an addiction services nonprofit are facing off in a Nevada swing district where Gov. Joe Lombardo hopes a Republican victory will help break the Democrats’ current Assembly supermajority. With a Republican incumbent not seeking re-election, development professional Lisa Cole is the Republican hoping to keep Assembly District […]
NV Energy transmission line approval reflects fed race to develop …
WEBSep 10, 2024 · The Libra Project — the largest energy storage and solar project in Nevada history — was reviewed for environmental impacts and approved within a year of being proposed. “We are seeing incredible progress on Libra solar,” said Chris Brooks, the Senior Vice President of External Relations for Arevia. “This time next year, we should ...
Federal funds for community solar in NV slowly trickling in
WEBAug 20, 2024 · Nevada Current is part of , the nation’s largest state-focused nonprofit news organization. On Friday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the Nevada Clean Energy Fund could start using a $156 million “Solar for All” federal grant designed to support community solar projects that benefit low-income households.
NV Energy seeks to prematurely recover costs of $4.2 billion ...
WEBJun 20, 2024 · When NV Energy CEO Doug Cannon pitched Nevada lawmakers in 2021 on Greenlink, a massive transmission line project estimated at the time to cost $2.5 billion, he promised “Nevadans will not be asked to pay for this investment until at least five to six years down the road.”. Now, with the project delayed about a year and estimated at $4.2 billion (not including monthly interest carrying ...
New NV transmission line will slash energy costs, says White House
WEBOct 31, 2023 · Cheaper, cleaner, and more reliable electricity may be in Nevada’s future after the White House vowed to deliver the largest electric grid infrastructure investment in U.S. history. On Monday, the White House announced $1.3 billion in new federal funding to create three new, massive electrical transmission lines in the Southwest and New England.
From not enough water to too much: Floods in Nevada bring pain …
WEBSep 25, 2023 · Nevada broke its rainfall records this year, more than doubling to 9.20 inches of rain, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association’s Weather Prediction Center. After record rains, more than three-quarters of Nevada is now fully drought free for the first time since April 2020. It’s a vast improvement from the same time last year, when 99.5% of the state was in severe ...
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