The Los Angeles City Council today approved buying up to 250 megawatts of renewable energy from a solar plant to be built on Moapa Paiutes tribal land about 30 miles northeast of Las Vegas which is expected to be completed in summer 2015. ________________________________________ The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, which has the option to buy the facility, must supply 33 percent of its retail energy from renewable sources by 2020 according to the Los Angeles city attorney’s office. Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada praised the deal, saying in his press release that he was pleased Los Angeles “took action to secure a clean energy future by using affordable and predictably priced power from Nevada.” Reid, in his statement, continued, “Unlike the old, dirty technologies used at the nearby Reid Gardner coal plant, this new solar project will not emit any hazardous emissions, wastes, or carbon pollution.” The Nevada senator said the agreement with Los Angeles will provide clean power to more than 118,000 homes and create hundreds of construction jobs, as well as 15 to 20 permanent jobs. The agreement with the solar plant developer, K Road Power’s Moapa Solar Energy Center, will cover a 25-year term.

The Los Angeles City Council today approved buying up to 250 megawatts of renewable energy from a solar plant to be built on Moapa Paiutes tribal land about 30 miles northeast of Las Vegas which is expected to be completed in summer 2015.

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The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, which has the option to buy the facility, must supply 33 percent of its retail energy from renewable sources by 2020 according to the Los Angeles city attorney’s office.

Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada praised the deal, saying in his press release that he was pleased Los Angeles “took action to secure a clean energy future by using affordable and predictably priced power from Nevada.”

Reid, in his statement, continued, “Unlike the old, dirty technologies used at the nearby Reid Gardner coal plant, this new solar project will not emit any hazardous emissions, wastes, or carbon pollution.” The Nevada senator said the agreement with Los Angeles will provide clean power to more than 118,000 homes and create hundreds of construction jobs, as well as 15 to 20 permanent jobs.

The agreement with the solar plant developer, K Road Power’s Moapa Solar Energy Center, will cover a 25-year term.