Nevada Newsmakers

Host: Sam Shad
Co-Host: Scott Craigie, Alrus Consulting

Guests:
Michael Yackira, President of Sierra Pacific Resources
Pundits:
Howard Rosenberg, NSHE Regent - (Nevada System of Higher Education)
Mylan Hawkins, Vice President, Interface Computer Associates
Bob Barengo, former Speaker of the Assembly


"We decided that we had to come forward and move a gas plant that we had planned after Ely, ahead of Ely, so it’s leapfrogged in front of Ely, that’s to keep the lights on. "

- Michael Yackira, President Sierra Pacific Resources on why he decided to move ahead with a natural gas plant instead of a coal plant when he saw the permitting process slowing down the original project.