A proposal to build a hydroelectric power plant near the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area won preliminary approval from federal regulators earlier this month.
The Desert Bloom Project is a large-scale, closed-loop pumped storage proposal that promises to produce 1,170 gigawatt-hours of power annually – or enough electricity to power approximately 850 million homes – as developers race to meet growing energy demand and build new power generation stations.
On May 4, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a preliminary permit for the Desert Bloom Project, which would be located on public land adjacent to the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area on Blue Diamond Hill, about 15 miles southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada…