From the LVRJ and Steve Sebelius: Say this about U.S. Sen. Harry Reid: He really believes in renewable energy.
Reid
has beat up NV Energy pretty good in recent years. In the closing days
of the George W. Bush administration, Reid blocked plans to build
coal-fired power plants in Nevada. He said in April on the "Nevada
Newsmakers" show, "I don't think NV Energy has done enough to allow
renewable energy to thrive."
But that same month, NV Energy
reported it had exceeded its state-imposed green-energy requirement of
15 percent by purchasing 16.7 percent of its power from renewable
sources. And that was in spite of the Public Utilities Commission
rejecting a handful of renewable contracts in July 2011, saying the
company hadn't justified the purchases were necessary to meet its quota.
Now
Reid is pushing for a Chinese company he played a key role in
recruiting to Nevada, ENN Mojave Energy LLC. The company plans a
billion-dollar solar energy manufacturing and generating plant near
Laughlin, but an ambitious development schedule is being threatened by a
lack of green power customers.
Steve Tetreault quoted Reid in
Tuesday's Review-Journal saying the project "would start tomorrow if NV
Energy would purchase the power," but the company "has not been willing
to work on this and that's such a shame."....
There's another factor, however, one more personal to Reid: His son,
Rory Reid, is one of the attorneys for the ENN Mojave Energy project. A
Reid spokeswoman said the senator did not suggest Reid's firm - Lionel,
Sawyer & Collins - to ENN, nor has the elder Reid spoken to this son
about the deal. (Reid imposed a strict ban on family members lobbying
his office in 2003 after the Los Angeles Times asked him about lobbying
by three of his four sons.)
But success for ENN in finding
customers helps Rory Reid, and its failure could cost him a client. It's
an undeniable conflict that Harry Reid should keep in mind as he twists
arms at the PUC and NV Energy, lest he earn himself an ethics
complaint.
http://www.lvrj.com/opinion/costs-conflicts-arise-in-reid-push-for-green-power-164858086.html
The author, Steve Sebelius, is a very liberal guy and for him to go after sleazy Harry is quite amazing.
But leave it to Crybaby Harry, he loves to help out his sons. Earlier this year, he got his son hired as the city attorney in the City of Henderson, as the city council and mayor bowed down to Crybaby Harry and licked his shoes.
So, is it surprising that Crybaby Reid is helping his boy, of course not, we know what he does, but the powers that be just ignore Reid's sleaze.
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