Temperatures may be soaring, but Nevadans should see a dip in their energy bills under an NV Energy rate decrease that took effect Wednesday. In Southern Nevada, the average monthly bill of $154.54 will drop about $4.84.
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Just days after the Nevada Public Utilities Commission denied an application by the data storage company Switch to leave Nevada Power Co. and seek its own energy supply on the wholesale market, three major Strip gaming companies opted Tuesday to delay their exit applications by two months.
Gov. Brian Sandoval and NV Energy officials held a news conference Tuesday to announce an initiative to install electric-charging stations in key rural communities along U.S. 95 corridor between Las Vegas and Northern Nevada.
A national solar company announced Thursday it has a new way for Nevadans to get immediate benefits from installing rooftop solar without any upfront costs.
The Nevada Public Utilities Commission voted 2-1 on Wednesday to reject an application by the data storage company Switch to leave as a customer of Nevada Power Co. and purchase its own energy supply on the wholesale market.
A draft order prepared by the Nevada Public Utilities Commission would deny the application by the data storage company Switch to leave Nevada Power and purchase its own electricity on the wholesale market.
A bill to let the Public Utilities Commission delay renewable energy projects proposed to be built by NV Energy passed the Legislature late Monday.
A bill that would let NV Energy delay building new renewable-energy projects requried as part of a plan to replace the loss of coal-fired power produced at the Reid Gardner plant at Moapa was introduced Monday, the last day of the legislative session.
Three companies looking to generate electricity from solar energy on federal land in Clark County received final government approval Monday following fast-track reviews.
Two lawmakers with long experience in crafting Nevada’s rooftop-solar policy said Wednesday they never intended to continually raise the net metering cap beyond the 3 percent level now in law.
MGM Resorts International has followed through with an application with state regulators to leave Nevada Power Co. and purchase its own electricity on the wholesale market, joining Wynn Las Vegas and Las Vegas Sands Corp.
The daylong National Clean Energy Summit promotes advances in energy and energy efficiency and has attracted top political and business leaders.
A state lawmaker said Monday she wants the Public Utilities Commission to resolve the issue of how to allow the rooftop-solar industry to remain economically viable in Nevada without shifting costs to other utility customers.
Applications by Wynn Las Vegas and the Las Vegas Sands Corp. to leave Nevada Power Company, doing business as part of NV Energy, and acquire their own electricity on the wholesale market have been filed with state regulators.
On Earth Day last month, just as a hearing was getting underway on an application by the data-storage company Switch to leave Nevada Power, the utility’s parent company came out with a little-noticed press release.