Judy Stokey

The sign at NV Energy corporate headquarters

Bill adding barriers to depart NV Energy touted as beneficial for other ratepayers

In a joint hearing Thursday held by the Assembly and Senate Growth and Infrastructure Committees on SB547, bill sponsor Democratic Sen. Chris Brooks made the case for the bill as a needed upgrade for the state’s so-called 704B law, created in 2001 as a way for businesses with a large electric load to leave NV Energy’s electric service and purchase power from another provider.

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