Posted on 12/20/2014 11:07:05 AM PST by mdittmar
Las Vegas, NV – Nevada Senator Harry Reid announced today Nevada will receive new electricity allocations from Hoover Dam as a result of the Hoover Power Allocation Act. Senator Reid first introduced this legislation in 2009 and reintroduced it in 2011, the year it was passed and signed into law. This law ensures that clean, renewable electricity from Hoover Dam will continue to power Nevada through 2067.
“This news means that Nevada’s oldest renewable energy project will deliver a new round of benefits to the Silver State,” Reid said. “The benefits from this announcement are the result of years of work to pass the Hoover Power Allocation Act, and I was proud to join President Obama in 2011 when my legislation was signed into law. This law expanded the eligibility of entities in Nevada that could receive electricity from Hoover Dam and it guarantees that Nevada will continue to reap its benefits for another fifty years.”
The following entities have been awarded electricity from Hoover Dam by the Western Area Power Administration:
In addition to these new entities, the Hoover Power Allocation Act continues to provide affordable, renewable energy to the following entities throughout Nevada including the Southern Nevada Water Authority, Boulder City, Lincoln County, Overton Power District, Valley Electric, and Nevada industries at the Basic Management Industrial Complex near Henderson. The electricity generated at Hoover Dam also helps Nevada to meet peak demands at lower costs.
RECENT LEGISLATIVE BACKGROUND:
• In December 2011, President Obama signs the Hoover Power Allocation Act into law.
• In October 2011, the Senate passes the Hoover Power Allocation.
• In October 2011, the House of Representatives passes the Hoover Power Allocation Act.
• Senator Reid lead the Nevada delegation in introducing the Hoover Power Allocation Act in December 2009.
BACKGROUND ON HOOVER DAM
The Boulder Canyon Project Act of 1928 authorized the Secretary of Interior to construct Hoover Dam and enter into contracts for the sale of power generated at the dam.
Hoover Dam is operated and maintained by the Bureau of Reclamation and it was dedicated by President Roosevelt in 1935.
There are 17 main turbines in the Hoover Power Plant — nine on the Arizona wing and eight on the Nevada wing.
According to the Bureau of Reclamation, Nevada receives approximately 25 percent of the electricity generated at Hoover Dam and the ten-year average annual net generation for Hoover Dam through 2008 was about 4.2 billion kilowatt-hours.
By statute, the Colorado River Commission delivers some of that electricity to municipalities like Boulder City; Lincoln County; Overton Power District; and Valley Electric. The Commission also delivers power to the Basic Management Industrial Complex near Henderson.
In 1984, Congress enacted the Hoover Power Plant Act which authorized the Secretary of Energy to allocate the power produced at the dam under three schedules, and the allocation of power under these schedules was scheduled to expire in 2017.
Takes alot of energy to light up those Casinos;)
I thought democrats hated dams
How pathetic.
The need to attach some electrodes from the dam to Harry’s head....
harry hates the poor fishes,cares more about lights for casinos then the fish,that’s just mean-spirited;)
Democrats hate dams unless they get political benefits from them.
Self-serving little press release ain’t it?
For a government project started back under Hoover’s administration that Harry Reid had NOTHING to do with!
Cheap federal juice for regime affiliates?
Hey, at least our enemies know what targets will be lit up!
It wasn’t cheap! I’m sure Harry & Co. shook down those wanting power guarantees.
Now that harry has no power,I expect we will see quite a few “green energy” projects in Nevada declare bankruptcy.
Will the Jim Bridger power plants still be used?
;’)
They do. Except when they don’t.
I’m waiting for the big, coming fight about how to divvy up those megawatts from the solar and wind plants.
Enjoy reading novels about the old fur trappers,Jim Bridger is often mentioned.
Ahem.... Which head? I’m probably not thinking of the one you are. And I might be inclined to go a couple of inches lower.
1.21 gigawatts and we can send that scumbag..... :-)
The DIMs/LIBs are insane. Just how much money was stolen from taxpayers to prop-up the bird-charring-solar-arrays around Nevada which probably aren’t producing enough power to power reid’s shriveled brain? What a criminal loser this old drooling cretin is.
“[(c)(1) The Secretary of Energy shall not execute a
contract described in subsection (a)(1)(A) of this section with
any entity which is a party to the action entitled the ``State
of Nevada, et al. against the United States of America, et
al.’’ in the United States District Court for the District of
Nevada, case numbered CV LV ‘82 441 RDF,”
A Yucca Mountain case.
In a third-world country ex post facto laws wouldn’t have to be passed. People would just know what they would be punished in the future for.
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