Reid Unveils Mesquite Gas Plant Plans Construction To Create 1,000 Jobs POSTED: 8:15 pm PDT March 22, 2010 UPDATED: 8:25 pm PDT March 22, 2010 MESQUITE, Nev. -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and others are announcing plans to build a natural gas plant near Mesquite. Reid's office said Monday that Sithe Global Power had planned to build a coal-fired power plant at the Toquop site but abandoned that idea in favor of original plans to build a natural gas plant. Reid's office said construction of the plant will take three years once it starts and will cost $1.4 billion...