Iram wrote on June 23, 2009 11:01 PM: Harry Reid is a selfish, ineffective, fool. Vote him out !

pat shalmy was the county manager before moving up to enron type money wrote on June 23, 2009 05:56 PM: ............




























this stinks like clean burning coal money to me.






























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clean burning green coal wrote on June 23, 2009 05:55 PM:
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woodbury toll roads fix everything






















perkins id cards solve all nevada resident problems over night.









































tax payers ignore the back side hammering you have been receiving.




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As I have been saying.... wrote on June 23, 2009 05:50 PM: Jobs lost at Ely Power Plant –
$135,000,000 in sunk costs to be passed on to Nevada ratepayers (Very Soon)
1,600 Construction jobs lost to build the facilities in Ely
200 Operations jobs lost

Jobs lost at Yucca Mt- 1,200
2,500 Construction jobs lost to build the facilities at the Nevada Test Site
500 Operations Jobs
(Since Yucca is the law of the land, it still goes forward, but without the Nevada workforce)

Lost corporate travel business from Obama's anti-Vegas statements - 6 Large Corporate cancellations, and climbing (One hundred million dollars in impact so far).

Economic Stimulus bill supported by Reid allows the Government to BAN TRIPS TO VEGAS due to excessiveness. As the RJ stated, “ An amendment to the $787 billion economic stimulus bill could have some unpleasant fallout for Las Vegas”

All travel to Las Vegas from Federal agencies are now under the microscope!
(This is not the case for San Diego, Miami, New York, or anywhere else)

Nevada was shortchanged on the crumbs that we did receive from this multi-billion dollar stimulus. Reid was to blame for our misfortune

Let us not forget what Harry specifically ensured what would NOT be in the bill,,, E-Verify. For those not familiar with it, it helps ensure that only legal U.S. citizens get jobs.

$1,000,000,000,000.00 in debt to be paid by current taxpayers and their kids

Harry Reid’s negative impact on Nevada,,,, PRICELESS !!!!

See-
A Bad Reid

Watchin Reid

Our Country Deserves Better

Mike K. wrote on June 23, 2009 05:40 PM: On behalf of the workers of Nevada, I want to thank Harry Reid for stopping a project that would have brought many long term jobs to an economically depressed area.

Next maybe he will save us from ourselves by banning any company from using cars or trucks in the course of conducting their business?

nv32 wrote on June 23, 2009 05:35 PM: the only reson why NV Energy wont build a coil fire plant in Ely. Is because it doesn't have a big support from Mr. Reid never had it they dont care about any body else but them.

Pleaseeeee wrote on June 23, 2009 05:33 PM: "In a February article in the Review-Journal, NV Energy Chief Executive Officer Michael Yackira wouldn't say how much the company had actually spent on the plant, or whether it would ask the commission to raise rates later to compensate the power company for expenses on the project."

Does anyone, in their right mind, expect NV Energy NOT TO ask for these cost through a rate increase?! They would not be responsible to their shareholders if they just said.."No hard feelings,, we will eat these costs."

Expect to see an increase to cover these costs (plus interest).

As a few other posters have said.. Thank you Harry Reid.

A big `thanks' to Harry Reid wrote on June 23, 2009 05:08 PM: The one resource that the United States has plenty of is coal. Other than CO2, it is a relatively clean fuel to burn. Here we are, not using the primary fossil fuel that we have! The only way to generate enough baseload power, for the most part, is through burning coal, oil, natural gas, or through nuclear fission. For those that dream of solar or wind, it is nice but not practical for baseload needs. Unlike water or gas, one cannot store electricity in the amounts needed for baseload purposes. (Try powering your A/C with batteries after inverting 12VDC to 220VAC. (Also, costs are totally prohibitive)).

Geothermal & hydro work, but is of limited availability.

It is a shame Harry Reid is against coal and nuclear, as he now puts the United States at a significant disadvantage. For those worried about CO2, I share those concerns, but unless India, Russia, China, and others agree to the same restrictions, we are now in worse shape than before (You think we can’t compete now, just wait for cap and trade).

The short answer here is that Senator Harry Reid has done Nevada another disservice. Oh, and by the way, we, the Nevada ratepayers, will be paying for the costs associated with the Ely plant. In addition, significant high paying Nevada jobs were lost in the process. Lets remember to `thank’ Harry for this in 2010

Sunk Costs wrote on June 23, 2009 04:26 PM: To the best of my knowledge there are:

$135,000,000 in sunk costs to be passed on to Nevada ratepayers.

In addition Nevada lost out on construction jobs and plant ops jobs.

(Lets not forget to thank Senator Reid for this)

Mabel's mommy wrote on June 23, 2009 03:52 PM: This project was definitely listed as part of the rate increase justification. So, no rate increase now? Or was that just a bunch of crap to get more money for the investors? Since people have begun to embrace the need to curb energy use, I'm sure NV Energy is not able to generate the revenue that it has in the past. Yelling in the streets would be appropriate now.

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