NV Energy plan would impose big, new hidden costs on ratepayers

'Fuel switch' plan resembles a 'bait and fuel switch'

NV Energy wants to replace existing power plants before their usefulness has ended and for consumers to not only pay for the new plants, but also to pay more in perpetuity.

A version of the plan, dubbed “NVision” by the utility’s public relations team, was first proposed to the state Public Utility Commission in 2012. When the PUC rejected the proposal, the company took it to Sen. Kelvin Atkinson and Assemblyman David Bobzien, who introduced it in the Nevada Legislature’s current session as Senate Bill 123.

If enacted, NV Energy’s legislation would require the firm to close down at least 800 megawatts (MW) of coal‐fired electric generation capacity before the standard decommissioning date — after having constructed new renewable and natural‐gas‐ fired power plants to replace that lost capacity.

TransparentNevada releases 2012 public-employee salary information; more than 1,200 made over $200,000

LAS VEGAS — Salary data for more than 132,000 government employees statewide, for the 2012 calendar year, is now available at TransparentNevada.com, a Nevada Policy Research Institute website that makes government-spending data easily accessible to taxpayers.

Five myths about government spending in Nevada

Nevada governments spend more than you think

Nevada governments spend more than you think.

Former CCSD officials try to create a unique charter school

Would serve high-school youth eager to become proficient in English and earn diplomas

Proposed amendment would preserve Tahoe compact

Would be conditional on California legislature agreeing to Nevada's conditions

Agreement would depend on California legislature agreeing to Nevada's conditions.

The good, the bad and the ugly: Part III

A review of bills still winding through the Nevada Legislature

A review of the bills still alive during the 2013 Legislative Session.

Could disregard of the U.S. Constitution by Harry Reid end up dooming Obamacare?

Senate majority leader ignored Constitution’s origination clause

Democrats abandon pledge, seek to raise and make permanent tax on employment

CARSON CITY — Democrats in the Nevada Senate introduced legislation today to raise taxes on private-sector payrolls throughout the state and use the revenue to fund early-childhood education programs. ...

Addressing the proposal, NPRI Deputy Policy Director Geoffrey Lawrence released the following comments.

The good, the bad and the ugly: Part II

A review of bills still winding through the Nevada Legislature

A review of the bills still alive during the 2013 Legislative Session.

R.I.P., Publius: SOS Miller, AG Masto, target party’s opponents

Campaign finance laws let state officers use lawsuits to chill political speech

Campaign finance laws let state officers use lawsuits to chill political speech.