Regulators approve Nevada Energy plan to build six new solar power plants

With little fanfare or discussion, Nevada regulators have approved a major energy supply plan that will result in construction of six major solar projects and conditionally retire one of the state’s two remaining coal-firing power plants by 2021.

The three members of the Public Utilities Commission voted unanimously on Friday to approve the final portion of NV Energy’s Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), the state-mandated planning document on electric supply and demand required to be filed every three years.