NV Energy seeks approval for 100 MW PV facility and earlier retirement of coal generation
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17.08.2016: Nevada-based utility NV Energy Inc. requested that the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada (PUC) approve a new 100 MW solar project in Boulder City, Nevada, USA, and an earlier retirement date for the remaining 257 MW unit at the Reid Gardner Generating Station. The proposal asks to move the original December 31, 2017, retirement date to February 28, 2017.
NV Energy noted that »the filing is its next step in the transformation of NV Energy's fuel mix, moving to a cleaner, more balanced generation portfolio. The company retired the first three generating units at Reid Gardner at the end of 2014 and is also exiting its participation in Arizona's Navajo Generating Station by the end of 2019.
The new solar energy project is the result of a RoP that was issued earlier this year. NV Energy signed a 25-year PPA with Techren Solar LLC to build a 100 MW PV project in Eldorado Valley, which is in the development phase and expected to be operational in the fourth quarter of 2018. The company has requested that the PUC make a decision by the end of 2016.
At an average cost of energy for the life of the project at approximately four cents per kWh, this is one of the lowest-cost solar projects in the nation, says NV Energy's Senior Vice President of Energy Supply Kevin Geraghty.
According to the company, more than 300 MW of solar plants are under construction. The new 100 MW project would bring NV Energy's total renewable portfolio to more than 1,900 MW.
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