NV Energy postponing big coal-fired plant near Ely
Nevada’s major electric utility said Monday that it will postpone building a big coal-fired power plant in the northeast corner of the state because of increasing environmental and economic uncertainties.
NV Energy Inc.’s $5 billion coal-fired Ely Energy Center in White Pine County could be delayed for up to a decade, or until technologies are developed to burn coal with fewer emissions or store carbon byproducts, company president and chief executive Michael Yackira said.
…Environmentalists and some politicians, including U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., have opposed the 1,500-megawatt plant because they said it would increase air pollution and contribute to global warming.