What Clinton’s renewable-energy proposal means for Nev.
By Conor Shine, Las Vegas Sun
The debate over renewable energy in Nevada has raged in the Legislature and at the Public Utilities Commission for over a year. Now, the issue could be taking center stage in the 2016 presidential campaign, following a recent proposal from Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton to install more than half a billion solar panels across the nation by 2021.
But as Nevada has seen, solar panels generate more than just electricity — they also produce political controversy.
Clinton’s plan, which also calls for generation of enough renewable energy to power every home in America by 2027, would require a 700 percent increase in solar energy production, in addition to significant increases in wind and geothermal energy.