Sale of Sierra Pacific Power Co. complete
Sierra Pacific Power Company (aka NV Energy) and Liberty Energy Utilities Co. announced today the completion of the sale of Sierra Pacific’s California electric distribution and generation assets to a subsidiary of Liberty Energy Utilities Co. and Emera Inc. Effective immediately, the customers previously served by Sierra Pacific Power Company, will now be served by the subsidiary, known as Liberty Energy – California Pacific Electric Company.
The sale was originally announced in April 2009 and last month the final state and federal regulatory approvals were granted to complete the transaction.
“We’re proud to have served this area of California for well over 100 years,” Michael Yackira, president and CEO of NV Energy, said in a press release. “Many of our long-time California employees who are experienced utility professionals are staying on with Liberty Energy to provide continuing safe and reliable electric service.”
Bob Dodds, president of Liberty energy, in that same release said, “We look forward to providing a seamless transition for all of our customers and continuing to deliver the high level of service they have come to expect. As a company, we are highly focused on safety and reliability and are committed to providing a very positive customer experience well into the future.”
The phone number for Liberty Energy is 800.782.2506 or go online.
So who will be responsible for repairs when the power goes down the next time?
I know it’s expensive, but continue to take a look at putting utilities underground, maybe grants could help pay for it, and they could do it sections at a time, as the old system needs to be repaired anyway.
Then we wouldn’t have had nearly the issues with power, that we had this last week, plus TRPA would love the beautiful views without looking at unsightly wires strung all over the place, and we wouldn’t have to keep chopping down our trees along the power-lines to protect them.