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NV Energy’s Latest Plan to Increase Fossil Fuel Dependence Would Cost Nevadans $573 Million, Undermine Clean Energy Goals

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Advocates Urge Public Utilities Commission to Hold NV Energy Accountable and Prioritize Smart Clean Energy Investments NEVADA — The Public Utilities Commission of Nevada (PUCN) has scheduled a special consumer session for NV Energy’s proposed 2024 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) on Thursday, October...

Calling out corporate greed

Blog and Opinions

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...

NV groups share concerns about utilities’ health, environmental impacts

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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’...

Protestors call on NV Energy, Public Utilities Commission to keep energy affordable

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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...

At PUCN Consumer Session, Families and Community Groups Highlight How Utility Monopolies’ Greed Drives Dire Health Impacts

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**Photos are available here.** In extreme heat, Nevadans are forced to choose between health and paying record-high bills. NEVADA — At yesterday’s Public Utilities Commission of Nevada (PUCN) Consumer Session, environmental, faith, community, and health leaders gathered to call on NV Energy and...

Efforts to build more electric vehicle charging stations in Nevada sputtering

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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...

Our electric monopoly held at bay once again

Blog and Opinions

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...