“Cutting-edge” companies developing innovative technologies, such as Apple and Tesla, are moving to Nevada because of the availability of renewable energy. That’s the assessment of Steve Hill Director of the Governor’s Office of Economic Development in a presentation to the Public Utilities Commission. And Hill says we have developed a brand that matters to those companies. Hill told the Public Utilities Commission, lack of access to clean energy “can be one of the few things that is a deal breaker” in bringing investment to Nevada. Wednesday, Nevada clean energy advocates applauded an announcement that NV Energy, and Apple have reached an agreement to build a solar plant to supply Apple’s renewable energy needs at its Reno data center. NV Energy says the 200-megawatt project will add “hundreds of jobs” and increase the 1,900 megawatts of clean renewable power already produced for the utility’s customers.