The three-member PUC issued a draft order on 10 July and will soon release a final one with few changes to the text, PUC Public Information Officer Peter Kostes tells Recharge.
Duke has said that it will not begin construction after permitting is completed until it has nailed down long-term power purchase agreements for the project. The developer has been in talks with NV Energy, the dominant utility in Nevada, and several electric utilities in California
President Barack Obama has ordered the Interior Department to accelerate permitting in an environmentally responsible way of wind, solar and other renewable energy projects on federal lands.
