Nevada Newsmakers

Host: Sam Shad
Co-Host: Michael Hackett

Guests:
Michael Yackira, President and CEO, NV Energy
Pundits:
Bill Bilyeu, Former Speaker of the Nevada Assembly
Howard Rosenberg, Professor of Art, UNR
Mike Hillerby, Partner, Hillerby & Associates


"… yes, it would be nice to have more renewable wind energy delivered into Nevada, but it’s not going to help the Nevada economy, necessarily. "

- Michael Yackira, President and CEO of NV Energy, issues faint praise for an expensive, government-backed direct current transmission line running from Wyoming to Nevada, which he says is unlikely to lower energy costs in the Silver State.