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Calling out corporate greed

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This opinion was published by the Reno Gazette Journal. Nevadans are sick and tired of corporations prioritizing profits over people, leaving hardworking families to bear the burden of high costs. Case in point: When NV Energy recently tried to triple the Basic Service Charge (BSC) for single-family...

NV Energy’s Plan to Spend $573 Million on Methane Gas-Burning Power is Bad for Nevadans

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As if sky-high electricity bills weren’t enough, NV Energy is once again pushing plans to spend $573 million in new methane (natural) gas-burning power plants that will keep Nevada tied to costly and polluting fossil fuels for decades. NV Energy’s latest proposal can be found in the utility’s 2024...

Our electric monopoly held at bay once again

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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...

The Public Utilities Commission listened. Let’s hope they keep it up

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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...

Alce su Voz sobre las Altas Facturas de Electricidad en una Sesión para Consumidores de la Comisión de Servicios Públicos

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Un residente de Nevada se pronuncia sobre las altas facturas de servicios públicos durante una Sesión para Consumidores organizada por la Comisión de Servicios Públicos de Nevada. Los residentes de Nevada, como usted, están agotados por las altísimas facturas de electricidad y los interminables...

Speak Up about High Energy Bills at an Annual Public Utilities Commission Consumer Session

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Nevadans, like you, are exhausted from sky-high energy bills and endless rate increases. NV Energy and Southwest Gas continue to squeeze your wallet dry while lining their pockets. The Public Utilities Commission of Nevada’s (PUCN) annual consumer session is your chance to hold these monopoly...

NV Energy Proposal Bad News for Families that Want to Control Power Bills

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Sierra Pacific Power Company, NV Energy’s Northern Nevada utility, has proposed almost tripling the monthly fixed charge for residential customers from $16.50 to $44.40 in a recently filed application with the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada. If approved by the Commission, the requests will...

NV Energy must step up, deliver on its promises of affordable, clean power Nevadans

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This op-ed was originally published in the Nevada Independent. Kristee Watson is executive director of the Nevada Conservation League and a former Democratic state legislative candidate. Nevada stands on the cusp of a historic opportunity. We can continue to invest in and accelerate clean energy...

Complaints to the PUCN highlight frustrations with NV Energy’s lack of consumer protections

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This blog was originally published by the Energy and Policy Institute. The Public Utilities Commission of Nevada (PUCN) has received over one hundred complaints during the first seven months of 2023 from NV Energy customers dissatisfied with high bills and threats of service disconnection, according...

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To Nevada’s policymakers and utility regulators,

As Nevada utility customers, we demand that NV Energy and Southwest Gas focus on cost-saving clean energy solutions for our communities. The seemingly endless rate hikes and surges in the price of methane (natural) gas mean that winter heating and summer air conditioning bills are too high for people to afford. It is unfair for these monopoly companies to increase their profits and continue polluting in a way that costs us all. We are counting on our utility regulators and policy makers to put an end to this and protect struggling families and businesses.

Nevada’s dependence on out-of-state, dirty, and expensive fossil fuels puts our financial and physical health in danger. With the federal government making the largest investment into clean energy and pollution reduction in American history, our state has the opportunity to move away from the bad policies of the past, bringing lower bills and cleaner air for all Nevadans.

We urge our regulators and state legislators to hold utility companies accountable and champion real solutions to reduce our bills and invest in local, pollution-free clean energy. Nevada families, not corporations and their Wall Street shareholders, must come first.

Respectfully,

A concerned customer

Utility Watch Nevada is a project of community and conservation organizations in Nevada

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