These days, the Silver State looks more like the Algeria of solar power, with tons of resources but a relatively unimpressive economic impact to show for it.
Energy
NV Energy handed a $6.25 million check to Clark County School District on Thursday, making it the largest one-time rebate that the electricity provider has ever given.
Electric ratepayers are mad as hell.That was the message Tuesday as the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada held two consumer sessions at Cashman Convention Center. The sessions gathered consumer comment on an 11.5 percent rate increase power utility NV Energy has requested.
NV Energy said Friday that it will eliminate nearly 100 positions by next spring. The company sent layoff notices on Monday to 95 workers in its local meter-reading and field-support departments.
WASHINGTON — A solar power project outside Las Vegas that did not follow through on an offered federal loan guarantee is moving forward without government help, a company executive said this week.
The company developing a solar power plant in Clark County failed to close Friday on a federal loan guarantee that would help obtain financing for the project, according to the Department of Energy.
