Nevada Coop May Join California Power Grid
Posted on Aug 29, 2011 in Environmental, Grid & Infrastructure, Renewable Energy | Comments Off on Nevada Coop May Join California Power Grid
Nevada-based Valley Electric Association has received approval to join the California Independent System Operator Corporation, a nonprofit power-management corporation. Valley Electric has 23,000 members along the Nevada-California state line, and coop officials say linking Valley Electric’s 360 miles of existing transmission lines to California’s grid would let it ship renewable energy there. California law calls for the state to get a third of its power from renewable energy by 2020. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission still must approve the deal, which the coop expects to be effective by January 2013. The Las Vegas Review Journal has the full story here.
