By Karoun Demirjian, Las Vegas Sun
May 20, 2011
“The Tonopah solar energy storage plant that came to symbolize Nevada Democrats’ campaign to preserve stimulus loan guarantees will be getting its money, it appears, after the Department of Energy delivered a conditional promise to back $737 million to get the project off the ground.
…..Every Republican in the House at the time, including now-Sen. Dean Heller, voted to end the loan guarantee as part of that much larger omnibus package of cuts….”