NV Energy, an investor-owned utility (IOU) serving customers in Nevada and northeast California, will purchase electricity from the 100MW Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project, under a 25-year PPA. SolarReserve aims to begin construction on the project, near Tonopah in Nye County, Nevada, late in 2010.
California IOU Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) will buy electricity generated by the Rice Solar Energy Project, a 150MW installation planned near the city of Blythe, in Riverside County, California.
