Vote Yes on Question 3 NV Ballot
Voting no on question 3 could negatively impact many people including people like me who can’t yet vote but will be affected by it anyways. As someone who will be turning 18 soon, moving out and being able to choose my own energy source is a big deal and will affect me in many ways.
Being able to pay for energy alone is an issue for many people. By being given the choice to pick from many different energy companies, people will have not only the choice to be environmentally friendly, but also the choice to pay less. NV Energy is the sole energy provider of Nevada and in turn has created a monopoly. By being the sole provider, NV Energy has control over Nevadans and can raise and lower their prices as they please in order to take advantage of Nevadans.
Not only does NV Energy have a business monopoly, but they also have a huge political influence as well. NV Energy is one of the biggest political donors, spending over $16 million in 10 years on lobbyists according to the Reno Gazette Journal. NV Energy uses their business to create political influence which would be broken up if there were other energy providers in Nevada.
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Saving money on energy costs will ultimately allow for much more financial flexibility for everyday Nevadans as well as businesses. Paying hundreds of dollars each month to NV Energy is not financially viable for many people. Also, since businesses will be paying less for energy, it will attract more businesses to Nevada.
By creating more opportunities for competition, it will bring in more big businesses which will in turn help out the unemployed and families. More businesses coming in will create new jobs and make shopping more convenient for families. In my personal experience, businesses tend to be more charismatic towards the customer in order to get the customer’s business. With NV Energy being such a big business, they don’t necessarily care about the customer themself, but just their money instead.
Many of the fears that people have when it comes to question 3 is that other sources of energy will have higher prices in order to sustain their business. This is not the case, in fact, the competition between new businesses will cause them to lower their prices in order to keep customers. According to Green Tech Media, we have already seen companies that have generated their own energy and sold it back for cheaper prices in large scale cities.
Not only is voting yes on question 3 the more financially feasible choice, it is also the more environmentally smart choice in order to protect the Earth. Using new sources would result in more reusable energy. Although, NV Energy is starting to implement a new solar energy program which would be a good idea in sustainable energy. The only problem is, they are just now proposing this as question 3 is coming out to the public. The issue that stems from this is that they purpose this plan for more business related reasons as supposed to environmentally conscious reasons. If people leave NV Energy, it will mean companies will have to produce 23% of renewable energy will will push more of an effort to reach sustainability goals.
Although price is a very important factor when it comes to energy sources, it should not be the main incentive for people to switch to renewable energy sources. Given the current state of our planet, the nonrenewable sources NV Energy uses is not sustainable for the Earth. Switching to renewable sources is the environmentally friendly choice and should be enough incentive to bring people together and vote yes against the NV Energy monopoly in Nevada.
