“If this new charge is too complicated for the utility company to calculate our bills after nine months, how could ratepayers ever expect to reasonably predict our own bills?” asked Jackie Spicer of the Nevada Environmental Justice Coalition.
“We are asking the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada to be accessible and accountable to the public they claim to serve,” Jackie Spicer of the Nevada Environmental Justice Coalition said in a statement to the Current. “By leaving residents outside in triple-digit heat, including elders and people with health issues, the Commissioners are making it clear they do not care about residents.”
Nevada’s biggest cities and counties are changing their master plans to comply with a state law that takes effect this year, but new language alone may not have much tangible impact.
“This proposal should be viewed in the context of a rapidly expanding data center industry in our state, not as a single isolated building,” said Jackie Spicer with the Nevada Environmental Justice Coalition. NV Energy, she noted, is considering building new natural gas plants to keep up with energy demand driven in part by data centers.
Today, a group of environmental, health, and environmental justice advocates hosted a press conference outside of the Las Vegas Convention Center during the Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo to highlight the benefits of a rapid transition to electric trucks and call out greenwashing by truckmakers such as Volvo and Daimler, companies that continue to lobby to weaken or delay the policies that would advance this transition.
Consumer advocates in Southern Nevada are pushing for long-term solutions to bring down the cost of utilities for local residents.
A Nevada utility company is arguing a new energy charge won’t increase monthly bills and possibly might lower them, but some Las Vegas customers aren’t buying the argument and instead are telling NV Energy to see them in court.
Community leaders, residents gather at Clark County Library to discuss keeping power bills low
Affordability was the hot topic this week at a town hall meeting in Las Vegas, and it’s expected to be top of the agenda, alongside tax policy, when President Donald Trump touches down in the Silver State Thursday.
Las Vegas has some of the worst air quality in the United States, but extreme heat is making conditions even worse — particularly when it comes to ozone pollution.
