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Article: Solar project stirs storm with union.
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- Las Vegas Review-Journal (Las Vegas, NV)
- Article date:
- December 23, 2006
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Byline: John G. Edwards
Dec. 23--Solargenix Energy, the company building a giant solar-thermal power plant that will sell electricity to Nevada Power Co., has broken its promises by hiring workers from Central America and other states, rather than Nevada, union leaders say.
But it appears that two state agencies that worked with Solargenix have little or no authority to force Solargenix or the company's general contractor to hire local workers for the construction project.
The Nevada Commission on Economic Development, which granted Solargenix a tax rebate estimated to be worth $15 million, did not require the solar power company to hire local ...