Fearing additional cost increases and delays to a 1,500-MW coal-fired plant proposed by Sierra Pacific Resources' two utilities, Nevada regulatory staff last week said they want the company to pursue a smaller coal-fired plant at a different site. Nevada Power and Sierra Pacific Power, SPR subsidiaries, should begin developing a 500-MW coal-fired plant as an alternative to the Ely Energy Center, according to Nevada Public Utilities Commission staff in filings last week with the commission.
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