Energy
An important loan guarantee has come through for a major Nevada power project.
Electric-transmission developer LS Power and power utility NV Energy have been granted a $363 million loan guarantee by the U.S. Department of Energy that will allow the companies to begin developing their One Nevada transmission line, or ON Line.
When Alaina Burtenshaw tries to explain her career at cocktail parties, she said she often sees people’s eyes start to glaze over.
Nobody thinks about saving a rain forest as a result of “green building” techniques, but they might think about saving more than $1,000 a year on utility bills, a Las Vegas homebuilding executive said.
Las Vegas dedicated the first of three planned solar panel carports Thursday, but patriotism almost got the event canceled before it started. Mayor Oscar Goodman noted that a sample solar module on display was assembled in Mexico.
