NV Energy hopes to shutter coal-generated plant early
By Daniel Rothberg, Las Vegas Sun
NV Energy asked regulators Monday for permission to retire a utility-owned coal plant 10 months earlier than expected as part of an effort to move toward a cleaner fuel portfolio.
The utility shut down three of four generating units at its 257-megawatt Reid Gardner Generating Station in Moapa at the end of 2014. If regulators at the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada approve its request, it will shut down the final Reid Gardner unit Feb. 28.
NV Energy had originally planned to fully shut down the coal-fired plant in December 2017.
