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Lyon County planners advance service plan for proposed North Lyon Power GID
Summary
The planning commission voted May 12 to forward recommendations on the North Lyon Power General Improvement District service plan and appointed County Manager Andrew Haskin to present the plan to the Board of County Commissioners; the plan would create a privately financed microgrid for the Northern Nevada Industrial Center.
The Lyon County Planning Commission on May 12 agreed to forward recommendations on a service plan that would create a North Lyon Power General Improvement District (GID) to provide on-site electric generation for the Northern Nevada Industrial Center and appointed County Manager Andrew Haskin to present the plan to the Board of County Commissioners at a public hearing scheduled the next day.
County Manager Andrew Haskin told the commission the privately financed microgrid could be built in phases to provide as much as 3 gigawatts of power, with an initial phase of up to 450 megawatts. "Currently, all of Northern Nevada runs on about 2 gigawatts of power," Haskin said, arguing the GID would accelerate development by providing service years earlier than commercially available…
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