Project to create more than 1,000 jobs while making Nevada the nation's clean energy leader

August 20, 2010

 Las Vegas, NV – Nevada Senator Harry Reid today made the following statement on the news that NV Energy and LS Power have finalized their agreement to jointly construct and own a transmission line between northern and southern Nevada. Funding for the One Nevada Transmission Line is made available through a provision Sen. Reid inserted in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

“This is good news on a day Nevada needed it. The One Nevada Transmission Line is an important project that will create more than a thousand good-paying jobs, starting with construction jobs when it breaks ground later this year. I applaud NV Energy and LS Power for working together to reach an agreement that will create jobs, diversify Nevada’s economy, and bring us closer to energy independence. Nevada is blessed with an abundance of clean energy resources and the only way we can take full advantage of them is to create a system that allows us to move that energy from the remote parts of our state where it is developed to the population centers where it is needed. I look forward to working with these two companies in the days and months ahead to break ground and get Nevada working again.”