NV groups share concerns about utilities’ health, environmental impacts
This story was published by Public News Service. The Public Utilities Commission of Nevada this week heard local leaders’ concerns during consumer sessions, where people protested increasing utility bills from NV Energy and Southwest Gas and challenged what they see as the companies’ deepening dependence on fossil fuels. Kristee Watson, executive director of the Nevada Conservation League, contended […]
Protestors call on NV Energy, Public Utilities Commission to keep energy affordable
This story was published by Fox 5. LAS VEGAS, Nev. – Dozens of community members gathered in protest of increasing utility costs ahead of Wednesday’s Public Utilities Commission of Nevada consumer session. During the consumer sessions, multiple people said that their bills have gone up. Some say they saw increases of hundreds of dollars in […]
Efforts to build more electric vehicle charging stations in Nevada sputtering
Photo credit David Calvert/The Nevada Independent. This story was published by the Nevada Independent. At the 2016 dedication of the first state-sponsored electric vehicle charging station in Beatty, former Gov. Brian Sandoval demonstrated how easy it was to charge an electric Ford Focus. “This is the first electric highway in the United States,” the Republican then-governor said […]
Our electric monopoly held at bay once again
This opinion was published by the Reno Gazette Journal. Re: “PUC denies NV Energy bid to triple service charge in Northern Nevada,” Sept. 19: For-profit monopoly businesses are a rarity in our capitalist economy. Sometimes they happen by default when one entity so dominates a sector and they drive out the competition — like Google […]
The Public Utilities Commission listened. Let’s hope they keep it up
This opinion was published by the Reno Gazette Journal. Re: “PUC denies NV Energy bid to triple service charge in Northern Nevada,” Sept. 19: More than 250 NV Energy customers shared their concerns about NV Energy’s request to raise the base rate for single-family homes to $45 per month. Approving the increase in base rate […]