Residents, emails and county staff raise questions about NV Energy Greenlink transmission project

The Dayton Regional Advisory Board on July 8 heard a presentation on NV Energy’s Greenlink Nevada Transmission Project, a proposed common-tie comprised of three 345-kV transmission lines spanning roughly 103 miles and affecting 26 parcels (PLZ-2026-022). Board members did not take a motion on the project during the meeting.

Multiple members of the public and several submitted emails opposed the project. Meeting minutes record that “all were against the project.” Public commenters flagged potential health effects and environmental impacts. Justine Yellowhair, a public commenter, expressed concern about “the health effects of the Greenlink project will have on the population,” and attendees discussed the project’s reach across North, Mason Valley and Stagecoach general land-use areas.

County staff called out the project’s scope during the presentation but the advisory board did not advance a recommendation to the Board of County Commissioners at this meeting. The Greenlink presentation described three 345-kV lines extending from the Walker River Substation in Mason Valley to south of U.S. Highway 50 in Dayton and listed affected APNs in the staff summary. The board recorded correspondence from residents opposing the project and flagged the matter for further public engagement; no formal vote or recommendation was recorded.