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Board asks staff to study agency role on energy generation, transmission and data centers; staff to include work in strategic plan goals
Summary
TMRPA staff will include a review of the agency’s role and approach to energy generation and transmission projects — with a focus on data centers — in the agency’s FY25–26 strategic work plan after the board directed staff to proceed unanimously.
The Truckee Meadows Regional Planning Governing Board unanimously directed TMRPA staff to include an overarching review of the agency’s role and approach to reviewing energy generation and transmission projects — including a focused look at data centers — in the agency’s strategic work plan for fiscal year 2025–26.
Jeremy Smith reviewed state statutory context (NRS 278.026) that defines Projects of Regional Significance (PRS) and specifically lists electric generation and transmission among uses the regional planning commission must review. Smith noted the statute exempts state agencies and public utilities regulated by the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada from some review obligations, which limits direct agency authority over certain utilities. He also recounted the…
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