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CREPC-WIRAB Conference Tackles Western Market Developments
Many at the joint conference focused on the eventual result of the contest between CAISO's Extended Day-Ahead Market and SPP's Markets+ to organize the West's electricity market.
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NV Energy Proposes to Convert Valmy Coal Plant to Gas
NV Energy wants to convert its last coal-fired power plant to a gas-fueled facility, as the utility continues to be plagued with cancellations and delays of planned solar projects.  
Gov. Joe Lombardo
Nevada Exits US Climate Alliance
Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo withdrew the state from the U.S. Climate Alliance, citing a conflict between their goals and his regarding Nevada's energy portfolio.
Southwest Energy Efficiency Project
Bill Would Require NV Energy to Examine Market Reliance
A bill to strengthen the IRP process for Nevada utilities and require them to increase their energy independence has emerged late in the legislature’s session.
Primergy
NV Energy Rejected on Plan to Replace Coal Plant with Storage
NV Energy will keep looking for resources to replace its North Valmy Generating Station after Nevada regulators shot down its plan for a $466 million battery system.
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Nevada Bill Would Require Gas Company Efficiency, GHG Plans
The bill would require natural gas utilities to file a plan every three years; it's intended to make natural gas planning more transparent.
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Regulators Slash NV Energy’s Transportation Electrification Plan
Nevada regulators gutted NV Energy’s proposed $348 million EV plan, slashing the budget to about $70 million and removing most of its proposed programs.
Lochsa Engineering
Nev. Regulators OK Controversial Gas-fired Peaker
State regulators approved NV Energy’s controversial plan to build a 400-MW gas-fired peaker in Southern Nevada that the utility says is needed for reliability.
Tesla
Tesla Projects Take Lion’s Share of Nevada Development Incentives
Tesla has been gobbling up economic development incentives in Nevada, including the entire Northern Nevada allocation for an electric rate rider program.
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NV Energy Blames ‘Heavy Wet Snow’ for New Year’s Outages
NV Energy told Nevada regulators that “extreme weather” and wet snow caused outages that cut power to nearly 124,000 customers at the start of the year.

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