Analysis of Proposed NV Energy/MidAmerican Merger
Sierra Club
Project completed December 2013.
On behalf of the Sierra Club, Synapse submitted testimony to the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada regarding the application of NV Energy, Inc. and MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company for approval of a merger (docket no. 13-07021). Testimony addressed questions of market power raised by the proposed merger and provided perspective on the actions and recent corporate behavior of PacifiCorp, the single largest regulated neighbor of the utilities and a MidAmerican subsidiary. Settlement resulted in a firm commitment to retire uneconomic coal units in Nevada.