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A huge NV Energy project has doubled in cost. Ratepayers are being asked to help fund it

After state energy regulators voted down a costly NV Energy proposal, lawmakers approved it two months later. Now NV Energy's Greenlink project is nearing construction. What happened?

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The Inflation Reduction Act may transform Nevada. Will voters care?

In interviews, more than a dozen industry players, lawmakers and environmental advocates touted the law’s transformational potential and existing impact in Nevada. But the bureaucratic and corporate timelines of the IRA’s funding provisions move much slower than the election cycle. 

Indy Explains: Why NV Energy wants to triple Northern Nevada’s base rates

NV Energy is proposing to raise its flat rate for service across Northern Nevada while lowering how much customers pay for actual energy use — a move watchdog groups say penalizes customers with low incomes or those who curb their power usage through conservation or by adding rooftop solar installations. 

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