claim: nevada will be "energy independent within the immediate future."
author: harry reid
evidence_1: jun 19, 2017 ... ahead of an expected massive paradigm shift in energy policy tied to the likely  success of a 2018 ballot question, nevada lawmakers sent gov. brian sandoval  11 bills pushing state policy toward a more renewable-focused future —  measures ranging from restoring reimbursements for rooftop solar owners ...
evidence_2: jul 10, 2017 ... faraday future, the troubled california startup that aimed to unseat tesla as king  of electric cars, is scrapping plans to build a $1 billion, ... the news, first reported  by the nevada independent, broke less than a week after it was reported that a  chinese court froze $182 million in assets of jia yueting, ...
evidence_3: nov 9, 2017 ... apple — which holds ambitious corporate goals of 100 percent renewably- powered facilities, data centers and supply chains — expects that its nevada- specific energy load in nevada will grow approximately 120 percent between  2018 and 2020, with the load continuing to increase through 2025.
evidence_4: may 7, 2016 ... reid said nevada will be "energy independent within the immediate future."  during the jan. 18, 2011, interview, nevada political journalist jon ralston asked  reid how soon nevada can start exporting its energy to other states. "it's going to  take a while, but some of that is happening right now," reid said, ...
evidence_5: apr 4, 2017 ... entrepreneurs say the $1.6 billion sale of spower, a clean energy firm, shows  money is still headed to low-carbon power, regardless of the ... just three years at  spower, our cost curve on the build-out went from two dollars per megawatt hour  to one dollar and it is heading to $.85 in the near future," he said.