When it comes to meeting sweeping new federal guidelines for power plant pollution, Nevada could have an easier time than other states.
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NV Energy south filed a general rate request with the Nevada Public Utilities Commission that seeks a 0.9 percent overall increase across all rate classes, or about $20.8 million. The effect of the increase would be about 1.85 percent, or $2.82 a month for an average residential customer in Southern Nevada.
NV Energy south is proposing to close three of its four Reid Gardner coal-fired units generating electricity in Southern Nevada by the end of this year as part of a filing made Thursday with the Public Utilities Commission.
SolarCity, the nation’s largest solar power provider, is launching its service for existing homes in Nevada, the company announced Thursday.
The company behind the nation’s first utility-scale solar power plant on tribal land will hold a job fair today to hire some of the workers needed to build and operate the facility 40 miles north of Las Vegas.
NV Energy on Wednesday submitted a filing with the Nevada Public Service Commission to voluntarily participate in a regional energy imbalance market.
Don’t be surprised if your doorbell rings and it’s an NV Energy representative. The power company is canvassing neighborhoods, encouraging people to sign up for its mPowered program.
Hillary Clinton will return to Las Vegas on Sept. 4 as keynote speaker at the annual energy conference organized by U.S. Sen. Harry Reid.
The Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System, which covers approximately five square miles of federal land with 350,000 mirrors near the state line, opened Feb. 13 and is the largest solar power plant of its type on the planet.
The Nevada Division of Minerals on Friday hosted a third and final public workshop aimed at fine tuning its oversight of the controversial extraction process, in which well operators use a pressurized slurry of water, sand and chemicals to tap into deposits of natural gas and oil trapped in rock deep underground.
Hoover Dam has been showing its age lately, and the problem can’t be fixed with fresh concrete or new equipment.
The Orleans Arena has been awarded LEED Gold certification for existing buildings by the U.S. Green Building Council.
EP Renewable Inc., backer of a controversial waste-burning gasification power plant proposed in North Las Vegas, has withdrawn its application for a special use permit needed to build the facility off Losee and Lone Mountain Roads.
NV Energy has launched a program offering discount LED products to its customers throughout the state. The goal is to save customers in Northern Nevada $1 million and those in Southern Nevada $4 million to $5 million on their electric bills.
When Andy Jackson began working as an electrical contractor in 1986, electric vehicles weren’t yet part of the game. But now that they are, he’s taking advantage.